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Patronize

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If you patronize a business, you shop there regularly. But if someone patronizes you, it’s not so pleasant — they talk to you as if you were inferior or not very intelligent.

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Arrogant

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Too proud and look down on others

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Self absorbed

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Your self-absorbed acquaintance Isn’t likely to ask you sincerely how you’re doing today, because he’s too busy thinking about himself. And a self-absorbed driver who gets in a fender bender might rush to see if her car is scratched rather than checking to make sure her passenger is okay. Self-absorbed dates from the late 18th century, from self and absorbed, “engrossed mentally.”

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Brags and boasting about oneself.

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Blowhard

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Compassion

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If someone shows kindness, caring, and a willingness to help others, they’re showing compassion.

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Shove it down the throat

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Force someone to accept or like

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Fraught

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Fraught means filled with something — often something bad. Your Thanksgiving was fraught with awkward moments when your family saw your blue hair, and it only got worse when you told them you’d quit law school to join the circus.

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Pedigree

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Genetic background

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Pedigree

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Descendants of one individual

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Proponent

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Supports something - I’m not a huge proponent of longevity, if you want to address issues that happen to you when you are older like dementia and so forth those are pretty important

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Self absorbed.

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If you’re overly concerned with yourself, including your own feelings and thoughts, you’re self-absorbed. Self-absorbed people don’t think much about how others are feeling.

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Acquaintance

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An acquaintance is someone you know a little about, but they’re not your best friend or anything. Acquaintance is also having knowledge about something specific, like horror films or the farming techniques of Chinese peasants.

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Rein

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Rein is both a noun and a verb for guiding and restraining. You can use the long strap, or rein, on a horse to control its speed and direction, and you can rein in your own tongue by closing your mouth.

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Fluke

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Good fortune

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Writhe

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Reserved to be used when in pain/ discomfort causes you to twist and turn.

Writhe in agony.

Acute pain. Agony

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Egocentric / egoistic

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Self absorbed

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Emeliorate

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Make better

Mitigate
Make less bad

Reticent

Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.

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Puberty

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The time in life when the sex organs start working like an adult.

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Stakeout

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When police officers watch a suspect’s house, keeping an eye on who’s coming and going, they call it a stakeout. Most stakeouts are done stealthily, with the officers trying to avoid being seen.

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Bellhops

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A bellhop is a person whose job involves carrying people’s luggage in a hotel. When you check into a fancy inn, the bellhop will take your suitcase up to your room for you.

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Hotshot

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Master / genius/ expert

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Attorney

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Lawyer

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Dickhead

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a stupid, irritating, or ridiculous person, particularly a man.

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Fascinating

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Extremely interesting

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Prudent

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It’s the wise thing to do under existing circumstances

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A wise and well thought through decision can be thought as prudent

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Prudent

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Restraint

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Under control

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If you are angry and don’t want to show it, you may speak in a restrained manner

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Restrained - under control

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Prudent, restrained, quiet -

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Discreet

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Subtle

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Difficult to detect/ rub your mind around/ not obvious

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Professional food taster, might be able to perceive subtle differences in flavor that the most people don’t notice.

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Subtle

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Perceive

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Sense

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Blown away

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Is to be very impressed by something

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Flap

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Move their wings up and down.

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Discrete

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Separate and divided

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A crankshaft is a discrete part of the engine

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Discrete example

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Dazzling

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Stunning - when something is stunning it impresses enormously.

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Enormously

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Extremely.
Hugely, staggeringly, tremendously.

He was enormously popular.

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When something extremely impresses you it’s stunning. Or dazzling.

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Dazzling/ stunning.

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Sovereign

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Not controlled by external forces

Sovereign state.

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Solidarity

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United behind a common goal or purpose

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Adversely

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Harmful and negative

For those who have been adversely affected by this war.

We express our solidarity and support for the people.

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Freshman orientation

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Starts you off in a good direction.

It’s about the direction you are facing.

East side orientation

Democrat - his political orientation.

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Bank

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An store that stores and invests money

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Complex

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Opposite.

Not simple.

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Symmetry

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Balanced with each side reflecting the other.

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Exemplary

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Exemplary people excel at what they do and are excellent examples to others. Something exemplary is so good that it is an example for others to follow

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Feat

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Notable achievement

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Smugglers

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Import goods illegally

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Pirate

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Folks who rob at sea/oceans

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Unsavory

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Call something unsavory if it’s unappetizing, tasteless, or morally offensive

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A myriad is a lot of something. If you’re talking about Ancient Greece, a myriad is ten thousand, but today you can use the word in myriad other ways.

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Novice

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Someone new in the field

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Appreciate

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Gain value/ recognize something its value.

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Intimidate

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Frighten / or pull back from something

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Timid

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Frighten or pull back from something

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Learn the ropes

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You are learning how a particular job is done.

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Obliterated

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Demolished/ reduced to nothing

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Reliable

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Dependable

You call something reliable that you can count on to come through when you need it.

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Amortize

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Gradually paying off debt.

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When you respect someone you admire them and treat them well.

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Respect.

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In a awe of someone

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you have a lot of respect for them and are slightly afraid of them

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People are in a awe of him

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Retaliate

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Action taken in return of injury or attack

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Contiguous

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Next to each other

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Arbitrary

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Something that’s arbitrary seems like it’s chosen at random instead of following a consistent rule. Team members would dislike their coach using a totally arbitrary method to pick starting players.

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Similar but not identical

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Quality of being fair

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Equity is the state or quality of being fair. In classrooms, it’s important to establish equity as any hint of unfairness turns everyone against the teacher.

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Outlandish

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If something is outlandish it’s bizarre or unfamiliar, far outside the boundaries of expected or normal behavior. Driving around the city in a golf cart and eating spaghetti with pineapple sauce are both examples of outlandish behavior.

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Appease

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Appease means to make or preserve peace with a nation, group, or person by giving in to their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in “the cold drink appeased his thirst.”

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Vain

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characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

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Enthusiasm

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Full of excitement

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Praise

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Praise means “admiration or approval,” and when you’re on the receiving end of it, you feel great.

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Glowing

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Lit up / full of praise and enthusiasm.

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Plathora

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Extreme excess

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On a boat , anchor is a heavy object attached to a rope.

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You toss it overboard to prevent the boat from moving. / it sinks and your vessel doesn’t move.

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Anchor

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Has a sense of holding something in place.

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Anchor - to be the main part is sth.
Wings of a building is a section of it.
Big stores at the end are the anchor

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Rip off

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Shenanigans

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Use of tricks to deceive someone- usually to extract money

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Ream

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There is ream paper.

Informal us

To tell someone off

Tell off - scold - criticize someone / point out fault/ error often angrily.

If you forget to clean your room , your mom might scold you.

Reprimand

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Pass off

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Pass it off

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to get rid of something deceptively by giving or selling it to someone as something else

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Courtesy

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Showing of politeness in one’s attitude and behavior towards each other.

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Prosecution
Jury

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Lawyers who are trying to convince the jury that the guy on trial actually committed the crimes he/she/they accused of.

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Impeachment

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A formal document accusing a public official of misconduct.

Misconduct - bad, unethical, illegal

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Ethics

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Moral characters

Truthful, fair, honest.

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Ethical

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Honest and follows good moral standards.

Conforming to accepted standards of social and professional behavior.

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Subpoena

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Document that requires the recipient to appear in court as a witness.

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Rookie

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Beginner, new recruit

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Charm

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Please
Attract them

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Assert

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a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

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Fraudulent

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Criminal deception

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Inseam

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Length of pants.

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95
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Play footsie

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Melted

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Emotionally softened/ touched

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Pawn off

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dispose of something unwanted by inducing someone else to accept it.

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Face the music

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When you have to face the music, you’re confronted with the consequences of something bad you’ve done. If your boss catches you lying about what time you got to work, you’ll have to face the music.

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Meticulous

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Extreme attention to detail

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Diligent

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Works hard and carefully

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Obnoxious

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Annoying and unpleasant

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Yelling and stomping is obnoxious

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Prickly

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Sharp and spiky

Prickly things are sharp and spiky, while prickly people are quick to be offended or irritated. Ouch!

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Affluent

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Wealthy/ a great deal of money

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Injunction

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An official order issued by a judge

Requiring someone to do or stop doing something

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Have it in for me

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To be determined to harm or criticize someone

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Ridiculous

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Preposterous. Absurd

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Absurd

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Inconsistent with logic, reason and co

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Fall all over yourself

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To be very eager to do something

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Make a pass

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: to do or say something that clearly shows one wants to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with (someone)
He made a pass at his wife’s friend.

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Lure

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Entice / bait someone

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Entice

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Persuade with a promise of something

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Come to a head

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The situation reaches a point where something has to be done about it.

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114
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Culminate

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End

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Canonical

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An equation reduced to its most basic form - mathematics.
It Follows principles or rule.

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Orthodox

Commonly accepted

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Accepted as true/ correct

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Fraternity

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118
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Sorority oppo. Fraternity

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119
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Go Down the tubes

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To fail completely

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120
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Litigation

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Litigation is what goes on in court; it is the name for the process of suing someone or trying them for a crime. When families fight over their inheritance, the assets they want may end up being tied up for decades in litigation.

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Quid pro quo

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You do this for me and I’ll do that for you

Scratch my back I scratch yours

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Blackmail

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Dispute

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Conflict/ disagreement

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Proclivities

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A natural tendency to like something.

Someone of his generation and shares the same proclivities

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Stuffed - filled with something

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Stuffed rabbit you won at the country fair.
I feel stuffed

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Preposterous

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Absurd
Ridiculous
Ludicrous
Non sensical

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Visionary

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Have big ideas, crazy ideas. Forward loooking, the ideas that might change the way the world works.

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Whiff - take a sniff

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Sniff

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Reek

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Stink / smell badly.

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Pervade

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To be present through out. Exists in every part of.

Feeling of doom pervaded the army as the caught the sight of oppositions superior forces.

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Reek

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Reek of the cows dung

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Abject

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Absolutely miserable

Abject poverty, absolutely the worst, most hopeless situation you’ve ever seen

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Barge

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Rudely interrupt someone when they are doing something else

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Put someone up to

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Convince someone to do something stupid / foolish

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Cut to the chase

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Get right to the point without wasting time

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Ape-shit

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Very excepted or angry

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Devious

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Devious describes someone who tends to lie and to trick other people. Devious credit card companies lure younger and younger people into debt with offers of low interest rates and even just free t-shirts.

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Stalled

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Stop running/ stop making process

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Devastated

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Destroyed / ruined

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Anxious

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Very concerned / worried

Quite interested in something

He is very anxious to meet you

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Going out on a limb

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Doing something that you believe in but risky, or likely to be criticized by others

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Knock yourself out

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Used to tell someone to go ahead and do something

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Show up

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Arrive
Appear

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Utterly

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Utterly is an intensifying word: something utterly delicious is very, very delicious.

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Perplexed

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Surprised and confused

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Perplexed / baffled / befuddled / confound/ bewildered

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Indispensable

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Essential/ depict something that you wouldn’t do without.

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Acquaint

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When you acquaint yourself with something, you familiarize yourself with it. When you visit a new city, you should acquaint yourself with the layout of the streets so you don’t get lost.

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Put a face to the name

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You’ve met a person for the first time who you knew only by name.

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Flagship

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The chief one of related group.

The ship that’s carries the commander of the fleet.

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Forfeit

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Lose / Giving something up usually as a penalty

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Forfeit - you’ll forfeit your right to watch tv if you don’t finish your homework.

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Let someone in on

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Share a secret/ let them
Know something that is concealed

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Due diligence

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Due diligence is the investigation or exercise of care that a reasonable business or person is normally expected to take before entering into an agreement

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Headhunter

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Employed by a firm to recruit an individual who nets specific requirements/ has required qualifications.

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Commiserate

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Sympathize

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Behind the eight ball

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A difficult situation / in a worse situation than others.

Many families in this country are behind the eight ball, they do not enjoy the same living standards as others do.

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Lose vs loose - lus- not fixed

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Rat out

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Inform on someone

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Precede

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Come before

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Apace

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Happens quickly

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Preclude

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Prevent something from happening

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Gunslinger

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Professional killer who uses a gun

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Pinnacle

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The highest

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Seize

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Enjoy life. Make use of the day to the fullest.

Take hold of, grab.

Take possession by force.

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Gloat

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If you gloat, you express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others. If your team scores a big win, it would be better not to gloat. Be happy for your win, but don’t laugh at the other team’s loss.

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You just not have to suck at it

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Busting my ass on this for two hours

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If you are not happy with my progress why don’t you get the hell out.

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Good lawyer bad lawyer baby, worked like a charm

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Squid

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A sea animal that has a long thin soft body and 10 long arms

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Loaded

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We are loaded

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Ratify

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To ratify a treaty or contract is to officially approve it by signing or voting for it.

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Torpedo

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Missile / explodes upon impact

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Trumps

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To trump is to outrank or defeat someone or something, often in a highly public way. Safety might trump appearance when you’re buying a car, or your desires may trump your brother’s when it comes to making weekend plans.

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Hedge to bets

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Protecting yourself against a loss by supporting more than possible result/ both sides in competition.

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Plausible

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Reason / believable . Could easily happen

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Pay the piper

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Bear the consequences of an action or activity that one has enjoyed

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I took the liberty

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Doing something without asking for permission to do it

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Take something with a grain of salt

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To not completely believe something that you are told because you think it’s unlikely to be true.
Doubtful/ skepticism.

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180
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Occluded

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Obstruction

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Bum out

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Informal - upset / disappointed.

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Insult

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To offend someone either intentionally or/ unintentionally through words or actions.

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Contempt - extreme lack of respect

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Pathetic - inspires pity or contempt.

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To the victor belong the spoils means that the person who wins or succeeds beyond all others is entitled to the benefits or rewards associated with that success.

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Devious - tend to lie and trick other people

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186
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Going steady

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When two people are going steady they are about to start a long serious romantic relationship

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Grateful

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Thankful

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Allegation

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Accusations

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Character

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Distinctive qualities. Politeness.

Moral qualities

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Hamstring

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Muscle

And
Making something ineffective or powerless.

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Looking over the shoulder

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Anticipating that something bad is about to happen/ or that someone may cause you harm.

Imminent - close to happen.

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Interfere

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Stop something from happening.

Intervene

Come between so as to be a hindrance.

Your talking interferes with my work.

Become an obstacle.

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Crux

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Important point of the matter / problem

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Punitive

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Inflict punishment.

Unpleasant result in a large scale. Like the punitive effect taxes will have on middle class.

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Outrageous

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Beyond reasonable limits

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Libelous

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Harmful and often untrue , tending to discredit.

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Extortion

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Extortion means forcing someone into giving you something through threats. A bully who tells kids he’ll beat them up if they don’t give him their lunch money is guilty of extortion.

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a lawyer who specializes in bringing cases seeking damages for personal injury.

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Ambulance chaser.

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Pick on

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Repeatedly single out someone for blame, victimize or unkind treatment in a way perceived as unfair.

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Rattle

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Repeated sounds

Informal - nervous, worried or irritated

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Abatement

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If you start to bluntly tell people what you think of them you might see abatement in their friendliness towards you.

Reduction / lessen.

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Pertinent

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Something pertinent is relevant and on-point. If you give your best friend pertinent advice, that means the advice is appropriate for the situation.

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Abate

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Fewer or less intense

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Niche ideal position

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Comfortable position in life or employment.

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Miraculous

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Peculiarly fortunate as if by divine intervention.

Peculiar - notably unusual, deviating from the usual or expected.

Divine. - coming from God

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Verocious

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Very eager approach to an activity.

Insatiable - wanting, devouring great quantity of food.

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Harp

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Instrument

to talk about (a subject) constantly or repeatedly in an annoying way. She’s always harping on the importance of a good diet. He seems to enjoy harping on my shortcomings

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Teeter

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Sway back and forth. Balance unsteadily

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Principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or group.

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Ethics

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Take it up with someone

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Talk it out

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Adhoc

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Created as necessary

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Immaculate

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Completely clean & neat

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Subpar

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Lower than average

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Blabbing to someone

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Reveal secret.

I shouldn’t feel mad that he went blabbing to you about our relationships.

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Imminent

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About to happen

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Solicit

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Ask for something

He request a meeting to solicit their views.

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Exact - precise and completely accurate

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Exact also means to demand or obtain something from someone.

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Protracted battle

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Lasting for a long time , longer than expected.

Protracted and bitter dispute. Example.

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Plaintiff

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A person who brings a case against another.

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Feisty

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Touchy and aggressive

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Coerced, intimidated, forced by threat

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Sandbag

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Jeopardize

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Put at risk

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Upside

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Positive aspect of something

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Liable

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Legally responsible for fixing it.

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Water under the bridge ,
Throw someone under the bus.

Blame/ criticize/ punish them.

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Past event aside

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There is no way to spin this to save your ass.

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We’ve got work to do, where are you. I see you right now in conference room C.

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You should hear the stories they will break your heart. That’s if you had a heart.

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A push over

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Someone easy to overcome or influence.

You better have some cold hard facts to back it up. Because Tanaka is not a push over.

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Steal someone’s thunder

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to prevent someone from having success or getting attention, praise, etc., by doing or saying whatever that person was planning to do or sa

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Outpouring

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Flow in large numbers

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Outpouring

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Large flow

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In over your head

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Be involved a difficult situation that you can’t get out of.

Take your bag and run, your are way over your head.

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Amusing

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Something that makes you laugh.

It’s amusing.

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Vandalism

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Action involving deliberate destruction of public/ private property.

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Assault

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Make physical attack

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Perjury

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Act of making false statements under auth

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Decency

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polite, moral, and honest behavior and attitudes that show respect for other people. Decency, not fear of punishment, caused them to do the right thing.

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Overturned

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Airtight

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Completely sealed so that there are no leaks

Having no weakness

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Fall apart

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Things started to fall apart, and I realized I needed to make a change.

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Scold

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When you scold someone, you point out and criticize some fault or error. If you forget again to clean your room your mom scold you for it.

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Find what’s wrong with something/ criticize

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Protege

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A protégé is a person who receives special protection and promotion from someone more established in a field

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Gushing

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expressing a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere

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A pop can a slang for each / apiece

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Butler

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Man servant of the house

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Doggie bag

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a bag used by a restaurant customer or party guest to take home leftover food, supposedly for their dog.

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When inspiration hits you out of the blue, call it an epiphany.

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Epiphany

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Clean slate. Wrote it off

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Write off

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Cancel a record of bad debt.

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Frivolous

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Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary

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This goes against every fiber of my being.

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Exquisite,

Has anyone ever told you you have exquisite sopranos.
What do you want Harvey.

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Use exquisite to mean finely or delicately made or done. When you say someone has exquisite taste, you mean that they are able to make fine distinctions.

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Privy

In privy to all communications between you and the court.

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If you’re privy to something, you’ve been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don’t. Not many people are privy to what those top secret documents are all about, for example.

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Hallmark of America.

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The hallmark of America get to see justice done.
That’s why of all the countries in the world I chose to come here.

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Vicarious

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experienced at secondhand
“read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement”

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You are getting a good kick out of this.

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To really like or enjoy something

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Merits
You better bring your A game because he has a legitimate claims.

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Be all over it

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Be involved / interest in

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Blowing off

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You have been blowing off joys deal all week.
Fail to keep an appointment with someone.
Ignore or dismiss something

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Glamours

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Appealing/ attractive

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Scrimp

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Thrifty and economize.

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Your chances are going up in smoke.

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Flaky

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Breaking

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Take something out on someone

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to treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have done nothing wrong:

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You planted that story, be a man enough to own it.

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Attrition

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Attrition is a gradual process of wearing down, weakening, or destroying something.

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Tabloid

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A tabloid is a newspaper, especially one that’s smaller than a traditional daily paper and focuses on sensational news items. If you’re lucky, you might read some juicy tabloid headlines when you pass the corner newsstand.

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Traffic

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Another meaning.

a
: communication or dealings especially between individuals or groups
b
: EXCHANGE

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Amusing

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Makes you laugh.

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Endowed

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Provided/ supplied/ equipped

Opposite
Deprived

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Lofty

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Something above the ground

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Mocking

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When you talk to or about someone in a mocking tone, you’re making fun of them in a nasty, mean way.

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Restitution

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The act of making up for damages

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If you are confident in your self, and you see someone who has potential you want them to be better.

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Obtuse

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Slow to learn

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Peculiar

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Strange /odd unusual

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Sheepishly

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in an embarrassed manner due to shame or a lack of self-confidence.

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Excruciating

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intensely painful.

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Blanched

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Cause shock

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Gory details

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Novelty

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Novelty is a newness or refreshing quality. Many college freshmen enjoy the novelty of living on their own — until it comes time to do that first load of laundry.

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pro·mis·cu·ous

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Sleep around

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Segregated

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Separated

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Loved up

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Cordial

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Nice and friendly

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Bleak

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Gloomy and depressing

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Magnificent

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Very good / excellent.
Impressively beautiful, splendid,

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Perp a person who committed a crime.

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This is informal and used in North America.

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Blow someone’s cover

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Reveal someone’s secret

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An allegation by the way.
That tainted the reputation.
And yet the DOJ looked into into it and found nothing

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Of your my own accord

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Voluntary without outside intervention.

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Bunk

Also bunkmate.

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Narrow shelflike bed

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Wound up

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When someone is little wound up, they are nervous, angry and tense.

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Move toward

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Gravitate

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Impetuous

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Someone impetuous acts too hastily or carelessly. Hotheaded, impulsive folks are impetuous.

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Bottled up

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Lee instead of revealing them

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Inadvertently

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Inadvertently is an adverb that means “without knowledge or intent,” like when you inadvertently take someone else’s coat from the coatroom because it looks just like yours.

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Incumbent

As a black man, it’s incumbent upon you to establish the precedence of excellence.

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Current person in office.
Necessary as a duty or responsibility

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Shaken up

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Makes you shocked / upset

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Idioms. sink/stoop to a new/an all-time low. ​to behave in a worse way than ever before.

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Fidelity

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Faithful

Or accuracy of reproduction of input image /sound signal.

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Presumptuous

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a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.

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Frivolous

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Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary. If something is frivolous, then you don’t need it.

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Wreck

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Something that has been destroyed

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In the wind

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When something is in the wind, people are talking about it happening but no one is sure.

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Wind someone up

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To say things that’s annoy someone.

Annoy

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Rattling the cages again

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Make someone worrried or upset

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I’m on board

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They agree and support what you are doing

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Above board

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Legitimate, honest and open.

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Look down you nose / one’s nose

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to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect

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Stonewall

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To stonewall is to deliberately hold something up or delay it, especially by refusing to cooperate or answer questions

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Wipe that grin off your face

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Wipe that smile off your face,
Because without those trades, your little girlfriend will rot in jail.

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Flaunt

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Display proudly

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If someone is in drag, they are wearing clothes usually worn by people of the opposite sex, especially as part of an entertainment.

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Shithoused

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Extremely Drunk

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Begging for scraps

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a situation in which someone is in desperate need of resources and is willing to take whatever they can get

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Take it off someone possession

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no longer in one’s possession or no longer one’s responsibility

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the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it

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Cut.throat world

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Shoddy

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Badly made or done

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Drag his feet

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Do something slowly or not starting it, because you don’t wanna do it.

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Foot the bill

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Paying the bill.

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Dreadful

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Extremely bad.

It’s a dreadful defending by Chelsea.

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Appalling

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Something that is appalling is awful or horrible, causing dismay or disgust. It’s definitely not appealing.

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Beard

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Whiskers

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Whiskers wide / by a whiskers

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if you succeed in doing something by a whisker, you almost fail

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Down in the dumps

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Depressed and unhappy

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Skirt

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Attempt to ignore or avoid dealing with

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Petty

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When you’re spiteful, you act in a mean way, with a desire to hurt someone. If your little brother was driving you crazy, you could calmly ignore him — or you could give him a spiteful pinch.

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Petty

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Small and shouldn’t matter

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Recant

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Retract

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Revulsion

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Revulsion means an intense, violent, sometimes physical dislike of something

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Recollection

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Recall

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Elusive

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Skillful at evading capture

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Renege

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To renege is to go back on your word or fail to keep a promise.

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Attribute to

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Ascribe: chalk up

Chalked up his failure to inexperience

Credit to

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Chalk up

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Attribute

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Exuberant

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Joyful enthusiasm

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Ponder

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Reflect deeply on a subject / muse

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High horse ex. get off your high horse.

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talking or behaving in a way that shows that you think you are better than other people or that you know more about something than other people do.

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Drilling a hole in my brain.

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Giving me a hard time

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Astute

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Cleaver and has good judgment

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Comprise your principles

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Phony

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Fraudulent/ misleading appearance

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Prejudice

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If you have a negative attitude towards someone based on race or ethnicity rather than personal experience, you might be accused of prejudice.

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Unsavory

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Morally offensive

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Dashing

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Stylish, lively with bold attractive spirit

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If push comes to shove.

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If something can be done if push comes to shove, it can be done if the situation becomes so bad that you have to do it:

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Fleeting

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Come and go

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Vindictive

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Strong and unreasonable desire to revenge

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Keep your fingers on the pulse

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Keep up to date.

Keep up with what is happening.

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Complacent

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Self satisfied

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Complacent

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Unconcerned

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Frisk

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Search someone for something

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Benevolent

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Someone who does good deeds and shows good will.

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Jiggle

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Move back and forth

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Repulsive

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Disgusting you don’t want to be near it.

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Vileness

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Repulsiveness

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Innuendo

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Saying something indirectly without mentioning it it’s innuendo.

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Innuendo can an insunuation

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It’s about time to start painting outside the lines

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Not follow the rules, to think creatively,go behave in unconventional way.

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Study up on

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Make a careful study of

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Fatalism

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Belief that events are predetermined and therefore inevitable

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High rate of learning, adaptability, resilience

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Condone

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Allow something to happen that could otherwise shouldn’t

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Emphatic

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Forcefull & clearly

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Immensely

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Remorseful

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Pampered

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Spoil

Treat with excessive indulgence

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Grey brown - taupe

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Napalm

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Jelly like gasoline.
Dangerous and stick to stick like glue

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Without further ado

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Immediately, without wasting time / delay.

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This isn’t my first rodeo

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I’m not novice to the situation

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Fungible

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Exchangeable

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Recess

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Break from doing something like work or school.

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Nuisance

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Something that causes small annoyances

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Free caviar

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The best of its kind

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Off the hook

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Out of trouble / difficult situation

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Dazed

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Unable to think or react properly.

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Be wildered / very confused / perplexed and very puzzled

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Bashed

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Strike hard and violently

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Roam

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Wander

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Crosshairs

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Idiom

In Someone’s crosshairs

They intend to catch you , arrest you or stop you.

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Leverage

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omniscient

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To know everything

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Self loving / narcissistic/ vain

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Crumb

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Small fragment of something that’s baked

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Sycophant

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Pious

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If someone is deeply religious and visibly follows all the moral and ethical codes of his religion, he is pious.

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390
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Imbecile

A

Stupid

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391
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Unscrupulous

A

Use the adjective unscrupulous to describe someone who behaves in a dishonest or unethical way.

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392
Q

Dubious

A

Something filed with doubts and uncertainty

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393
Q

Budge

A

Move very slightly

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394
Q

Exasperated

A

Make furious.

Also
Make worse. Exacerbated

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395
Q

Thrilled

A

Excited

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396
Q

Cut it

A

Come up to expectations/ meet requirements

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397
Q

Swoon

A

Faint.

Also. To be very excited/ emotional about something/someone that one admires.

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398
Q

Tutelage

A

Guardianship

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399
Q

Extend an olive branch

A

Make an offer of peace and reconciliation

400
Q

They’ll Cave

A

They give in.

401
Q

Give in

A

Surrender / end conflict

402
Q

Barbaric

A

Unsophisticated, primitive, exceedingly brutal.

403
Q

Tenacious

A

Not easily giving up or letting go

404
Q

Beating them away with stick

A

Fend off the intense persistent pursuit or advance of someone

405
Q

Fend off

A

Defend from attack

406
Q

Embezzlement

A

Fraudulent appropriation of funds that you are put in position to take care of not owned by someone else.

407
Q

Confront

A

Deal with head on

408
Q

Welch / welsh

A

Avoid paying the debt of gambling

409
Q

Jurisdiction

A

Legal right over something

410
Q

Puffery

A

Overdo a praise to flatter someone.

411
Q

Untoward

A

unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient.

412
Q

Lippy

A

Speak to other people in a way that shows no respect

413
Q

Fondling

A

Caressing

414
Q

Besmirch

A

Dirty particularly someone’s reputation

415
Q

Meek

A

Too humble / willing to do whatever other people are willing to do.
Don’t be meek/ going along with the rest/ know yourself/ be full/ be the absolute best.

416
Q

Squirm

A

Twist your body from side to side.
Wriggling movement

417
Q

Tumultuous

A

Disorderly/ trouble/ disruptive.

418
Q

Tumultuous

A

State of unrest

419
Q

Unbecoming

A

When someone does something awkward and inappropriate

420
Q

Sentimental

A

Led by emotions rather than reason

421
Q

In a bind

A

If you’re in a bind, you have been hindered by some situation. You’ll find yourself in a bind if you agree to bring dessert to a party, only to realize that you’re out of fruit, sugar, and chocolate chips.

422
Q

Quash

A

Extinguish

423
Q

Objection

A

Say no to something.
The thing you oppose you object

424
Q

Withdrawn

A
425
Q

Flick

A

Sudden sharp movement

426
Q

Crumpled

A

Crushed into the ground.

427
Q

Crumpled

A

Collapsed

428
Q

Ferocious

A

Marked with extreme and violent energy.

429
Q

Savage

A

Attack ferociously

430
Q

Poison the well

A

cause harm to the reputation or credibility of someone or something,

431
Q

Sabotage

A

Deliberate act of destruction

432
Q

Stuck on someone

A

Strongly attracted to someone

433
Q

Take sth under advisement

A

to consider something such as advice or information carefully

434
Q

Spider parts are tingling

A

Urban. Getting a boner.

Spider sense are tingling - have a sense / intuition that something wrong or dangerous might happen.

435
Q

Privy

A

If you are privy to something, you have been let to know the secret that most people don’t.

436
Q

Whiff

A

A whiff can mean the hint of something you smell.

437
Q

Orchestrate

A

Design and organize

438
Q

Scintillating

Spark brightly

A

brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful.

439
Q

Pay the piper

A

bear the consequences of an action or activity that one has enjoyed.

440
Q

Fickle

A

changing frequently, especially as regards one’s loyalties, interests, or affection.

So fickle the heart

441
Q

Ludicrous

A

So foolish, unreasonable

442
Q

Bullseye

A

Center of the target in sports etc

443
Q

Fetching

A

Attractive

444
Q

Kinky

A

Unusual things

445
Q

Satire

A

Witty language used to convey insults .
Read some examples

446
Q

Farce

A

Something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous

447
Q

Pageant

A

Pageants aren’t just for beauty queens — any richly decorated spectacle or ceremony could be considered a pageant.

448
Q

Phenom

A

Incredibly talented person

449
Q

Cusp

A

A transition between two states

450
Q

Solicit

A

Request / ask

451
Q

Rain on your parade

A

Prevent someone from enjoying the an event / occasion / spoil someone’s plans.

452
Q

Poke the bear

A

Deliberately provoke someone especially someone who is powerful than you

453
Q

Cattle prod

A

A device shaped like a stick long enough to be used to direct cattle.

454
Q

Air ones dirty laundry

A

Make ones problem known

455
Q

Elegant

A

refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

456
Q

Stuffed up

A

A difficult breathing through your nose because of illness or allergy.

457
Q

Ready to roll

A

Ready to move

458
Q

Emancipate

A

Set them free from something

459
Q

Prodigy

A

A prodigy is someone who is so naturally talented at something that they become a master of that particular skill as a child — you can be a musical prodigy or a math prodigy.

460
Q

Releve

A

a movement in which the dancer rises on the tips of the toe

461
Q

Schematic

A

Drawing that is very simple and symbolic

462
Q

Viable

A

Grow and function properly.

463
Q

Rebel

A
464
Q

Glide

A

Move smoothly and effortlessly.

465
Q

Ruthless

A

Without mercy or pity.

466
Q

Mean

A

Lack of generosity. Characterized by lack of*

467
Q

Repartee

A

Conversation characterized by repartee, quick, witty comments or replies.

468
Q

Dinner guest noted for repartee

A
469
Q

Have a chip in one’s shoulder

A

to have an angry or unpleasant attitude or way of behaving caused by a belief that one has been treated unfairly in the past.

470
Q

On tilt

A

In a game, it’s a state of severe mental and frustration.

471
Q

Burst your bubble

A

Shatter Simone’s illusions

472
Q

Budge

A
473
Q

Throw under the bus

A

Criticize , punish or blame

474
Q

Devious

A

Insincere and deceit

475
Q

Concealing

A
476
Q

Lap dog

A

Small dog as a pet

477
Q

Remedy / rectify

A
478
Q

Let’s stop playing tiptoe through the tulips around elephant is in the room

A
479
Q

Evasive

A
480
Q

Coy

A

Pretends to be shy in a modest way

481
Q

Concoct

A

Mix sth using different ingredients

482
Q

Dissension

A

Disagreement , differences in opinion

483
Q

Fester

A

Grow and spread not in a good way

484
Q

Tip the scale

A

to give an advantage to one possible outcome over another

485
Q

Crush and burn

A

Fail completely.

486
Q

Head will roll

A

People will be dismissed / forced to resign

487
Q

Schmuck

A
488
Q

Flinch

A
489
Q

Rub off

A

Become part of the person’s character as a result of spending time with them

490
Q

Suffice

A

I’ll be enough

491
Q

Decorum

A

Proper and polite behavior

492
Q

Clean as a whistle

A
493
Q

Slew

A

A slew of sth large amount of something

494
Q

Dispel

A
495
Q

Emasculate

A
496
Q

Rain on someone’s parade

A

Spoil someone’s pleasure

497
Q

Floating temp

A

Not permanent

498
Q

Tattle

A

Report another wrongdoing

499
Q

Bashing

A

Violent physical assault

500
Q

Doping

A

Unlawful use of drugs

501
Q

Literary

A

Poetic

502
Q

Make a dent

A
503
Q

Plausible

A

Seem reasonable, believable

504
Q

Reputation intact

A
505
Q

Take the defeat in stride

A

Deal with a difficult situation in a calm way

506
Q

Sullen

A

Bad tempted / gloomy person

507
Q

Pout

A

Show displeasure by thrusting out your lips or wearing a sullen expression.

508
Q

To delude is to trick or fool, often in relation to yourself

A

Delute

509
Q

Fiduciary

A
510
Q

Quorum

A

Minimum number of people required to make a proceeding of a given meeting valid

511
Q

Ambushed

A

Surprise attack

512
Q

Unequivocally

A

In a way that leaves no doubt

513
Q

I’m not the one robbing the cradle here . Rob the cradle

A

Have a romantic/ sexual relationship relationship with someone much younger than oneself.

514
Q

Rib the bandaid off

A

Do something quickly that is painful or unpleasant, typically intense do that it is short lived.

515
Q

Sit this one out

A

Not going to participate in an activity,

516
Q

Jump the gun

A

Start something too soon, act too hastily.

I know I jumped the gun, one wrong question and I’m out.

517
Q

Baller

A

A wealthy and successful person who lives lavishly.

518
Q

Waltz

A

Walk quickly and confidently often in a way that annoys other people.

519
Q

The nerve , you have the nerve. You have the audacity, you get the gall.

A
520
Q

Devastated

A

Cause severe and overwhelming shock and grief.

521
Q

Aphrodisiac

A

Food, drink that simulates sexual desires

522
Q

Accoutrement

A

An accessory, item for clothing or equipment.

523
Q

All aboard

A

Telling passenger to get on a ship that is about to depart.

524
Q

Slippers

A

Vagina - slang.
Flip flop - sandals

525
Q

Dignity

A

State of being worthy of respect

526
Q

run circles around. as in excel. to be greater, better, or stronger than When it came to cooking, he ran circles around the rest of his family.

A
527
Q

Is the gift that keeps on giving.
Rescind it. - take it back.

A
528
Q

Punitive

A

Inflicting punishment

529
Q

Cryptic

A

having a secret or hidden meaning

530
Q

Prowess

A

Superior skill

531
Q

Stellar

A

Wonderful / outstanding.

She was a stellar candidate.

532
Q

Blockbuster

A

A very successful project/ film that make a lot of money

533
Q

Preeminent

A

Truly outstanding or better than everyone else.

534
Q

Preemptively

A

before other people can act, especially to prevent them from doing something else

535
Q

Banter

A

Repartee

536
Q

Tech head

A

Someone very interested in technology

537
Q

Oblivious

A
538
Q

If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it.

A
539
Q

Heads up/ didn’t come here to blame you. I came here to give you a heads up.

A
540
Q

Chew up and spit out

A

Defeat badly.

541
Q

Chew on sth

Spit out

A

Think about something.

You wanna spit out what you are chewing on.

542
Q

Imbecile

A

Stupid person

543
Q

I’m offended you are questioning my motives

A
544
Q

Nuisance

A

law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

545
Q

Cut someone some slack

A

to make things slightly easier for someone than you normally would, because of their special circumstances or situation

546
Q

Kicking the dog

A

Oppressive, aggressive often displaced behavior toward others.

547
Q

Exacerbate

A

Worsen

548
Q

Magnanimous

A

generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.

549
Q

Savant

A

Intellectual person particularly distinguished in the field of sciences and art

550
Q

Sniveling

A

Whiner in a tearful manner.

551
Q

radically distinctive and without equal

A

Unparalleled

552
Q

Meadow

A

Piece of grassland

553
Q

Despise

A

Look down on / dislike/ disdain

554
Q

Beaten to a pulp

A

Very badly beaten.

555
Q

Indictment

A

a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.

556
Q

Whence

A

from what place or source.

557
Q

Jump ship

A

To leave an

558
Q

Eviscerate

A
559
Q

Stunt

A

an exciting action, usually in a movie, that is dangerous or appears dangerous and usually needs to be done by someone skilled:.

560
Q

Orchestrate

A
561
Q

Badgering , pathetic,

A
562
Q

Fortitude

A

Strength of mind

563
Q

Liege

A

My king/ lord

564
Q

Uncharted territory

A

Unfamiliar area or situation, especially one that doesn’t seem to have maps or guidelines.

565
Q

Caddie

A

Helper in a good match

566
Q

Client caved

A
567
Q

Be scared shitless

A

Be extremely frightened

568
Q

Accosted

A

To accost is to approach someone aggressively or confront them in an inappropriate way.

569
Q

Salutatorian

A

Ranks second in a graduating class

570
Q

Amicable, amiable , friendly, cordial

A
571
Q

Smug

A

Excessive pride in one’s achievements/ self satisfied

572
Q

Buffoon

A

Idiot

573
Q

Frame

A
574
Q

Call a truce

A

Agreement to end a disagreement/ fight

575
Q

to squelch or humiliate (a person) suddenly and thoroughly. The speaker cut the heckler off at the knees.

A

Cut someone off at the knees

576
Q

Snooker

A

Trick, entice or trap.

577
Q

Intimate

A

Verb - suggest / employ the possibility of sth/ insinuate

578
Q

Incest / incestuous

A
579
Q

Invent a false accusation or excuse.

A

Trumped up

580
Q

Virtuoso

A

A person with skill knowledge / interest in working of arts

581
Q

Must stick in your craw

A

Be hard / difficult/ impossible to accept

582
Q

Feed the frenzy

A

a situation in which a lot of people become very excited about something, often in a destructive or negative way.

583
Q

Deprivity

A

Moral corruption

584
Q

Amicable

A
585
Q

Dissuade

A
586
Q

Spill my guts

A

Confess . Divulge secrets . Divulge make known.

587
Q

Valiant

A

Possessing or showing courage and determination.

588
Q

Riddles

A

Puzzled question that is posed as a problem to be solved. Enigma

589
Q

Pragmatic

A

dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

590
Q

Curve out

A

Remove from a larger whole

591
Q

Residual

A

remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone.

592
Q

Skulk

A

Skulking is cowardly. It means hiding out, either because you’re trying to pull something off in secret, or because you’re trying to get out of doing something …

593
Q

Dock my pay

A

to dock (one’s pay): to remove part of, to reduce (one’s salary)

594
Q

A foot in both camps

A

Support or have good relations with two opposing sides

595
Q

Precluded

A

Prevent from happen

596
Q

Bottom feeding

A

Someone who uses other people’s troubles/ predicaments as an opportunity to make money.

597
Q

Tread lightly

A

Careful and cautious

598
Q

I beg to differ

A
599
Q

Capitulating

A

The act of surrendering or giving up.

600
Q

Maneuver backfired

A
601
Q

Ran you out of dodge

A

leaving a place with an uncomfortable or dire circumstance

602
Q

Rebuffed

A

Rejected

603
Q

Revulsion

A

Intense, violent, sometimes physical dislike about something.

604
Q

Revulsion

A

Repulsion, repugnance,

605
Q

Indignation

A

Anger, annoyance, provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

606
Q

None of contention

A

a subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement.

607
Q

Rake in

A

Make a lot if money

608
Q

Nice to put a face on all of this and a lovely face it turns out.

A

Nice to finally see you for the first time,

609
Q

Detonate

A

Explode

610
Q

Dispatch

A

Send to destination.

611
Q

Can’t be a casualty of your misplaced anger.

A
612
Q

Reap what you sow

A

you eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions.

613
Q

Doubts

A

Qualm

614
Q

Crimson/ color: red/ has another meaning when you refer someone as crimson.

A

When you say someone is crimson, or your face has turned crimson, it means, that, you are very angry or embarrassed.
We have to fight the wrong the woman is crimson.

615
Q

I put my tie over the line, you obliterated it.

A

Obliterated. Destroy completely/ wipe out.

616
Q

Jumped the gun

A

Act before the proper time.

617
Q

Adversary

A

Opponent

618
Q

Charisma

A

Attractive energy that helps to influence other people and attain their attention

619
Q

Loathe

A

Feel intense dislike.

620
Q

Snooty

A

Arrogant, snobby, conceited

621
Q

Fathom

A

Understand

622
Q

Impugn

A

Dispute the truth, honesty, validity or honesty.

623
Q

Life affirming

A

Makes you feel positive about life.

624
Q

a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.

A

Precipice

625
Q

Knock up

A

Informal

Make pregnant.

626
Q

Embrace

A

Accept

627
Q

Without reservation

A

Completely, without limitation

628
Q

Work out the kinks

A

Helps me work out the kinks since I got stabbed in the back.

Resolve problems associate with it.

629
Q

You made your bed, and now you gonna sleep in it alone.

A

They have chosen actions and now they must embrace the consequences/ repercussions without reservation.

They have taken some actions and now, they must accept the results that come dith it.

630
Q

Fending off attack.

A

Terrible - very bad.

631
Q

Spectacular

A

Beautiful in a dramatic and eye catching way.

632
Q

Outpost

A

A camp / station that is somewhat isolated

633
Q

Lean over

A

Stoop, bend over.

634
Q

Underlings

A

A person with lower status / rank.

635
Q

Inextricably

A

in a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate.

Those two things are inextricably linked.

636
Q

Hearsay

A

Rumor/ unsubstantiated claim/ accusation.

637
Q

Go over someone’s head.

A

Discuss sth with a higher ranked person than someone, bypass a person

638
Q

Choking those funding

A
639
Q

To have an opponent in their shot hairs

A

You’ve gotten them in the right spot and now they are at your mercy.

640
Q

Malicious

A

Malice, causes / intend to cause harm.

641
Q

Baited someone

A
642
Q

Reprieve

A

postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

643
Q

Inadmissible

A

Not accepted / valid

644
Q

In the ballpark

A

Approximately correct/ close.

My answer was not even in the ballpark of being correct.

645
Q

Cut it.

A

Does not come close to the expectations.

646
Q

Sub in

A

Take someone else’s place.

647
Q

Lurk around

A

Hide out,

648
Q

Sandbag

A

Coerce / intimidate someone with threats.

649
Q

Intimidate

A

Terrify, frighten.

650
Q

Stakes

A
651
Q

Making someone stomach turn

A

Makes someone feel ill, uncomfortable because it’s offensive/ disgusting.

652
Q

Cagey

A

Characterized with great caution.

653
Q

Stipulates

A

Demand that a condition , requirement be part of the contract.

654
Q

I’m here to bury the hatched / resolve a past conflict.
What prompted that ?

A
655
Q

Petrified

A

Frighten that one is unable to move.

656
Q

Knock him down a peg

A

Make someone feel less important / proud.
He was given undoable workload/ unwinnable case.

657
Q

Fortress

A

Large building / complex building used as a military stronghold.

658
Q

Bamboozled

A

Conceal one’s true motive.

659
Q

Banishment

A

Send away

660
Q

Senior soldiers who supervises the barracks - quartermaster

A
661
Q

Perquisite

A

Perks enjoyed for being in a given position

662
Q

Vendetta

A

Blood feud, quest for revenge.

663
Q

Mint

A

To mint can mean to produce / create

664
Q

Billigerent

A

Eager to fight.

665
Q

Be after ones scalp.

A

Seek vengeance

666
Q

Shrewd

A

If you are shrewd in your spending, you can make a small salary go a long way. Use the adjective shrewd to describe a person or thing that is smart or clever in a practical sort of way.

667
Q

Writing implements

A
668
Q

Nourishments of choice

A
669
Q

Animate

A

Living

670
Q

Distract

A

Sneak

671
Q

Giant Leap

A

Breakthrough / advancement of some kind.

672
Q

Dictaphone

A
673
Q

Erase/ favor meaning

A
674
Q

Sanitary

A
675
Q

Recuse

A

Excuse oneself from a case because of potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.

676
Q

Extortion vs blackmail.

A
677
Q

411

A
678
Q

Knock your self out

A

Give permission/ encouragement

679
Q

Knock one’s socks off

A

Impress/ amaze someone

680
Q

A chink in the armor

A

An area of vulnerability.

681
Q

Brazen

A

Bold and without shame.

682
Q

Withholding

A

Keep it to yourself/ refuse to give

683
Q

Sanction

A

Formal/ legal permission
Or impose a sanction / penalty/ punish

684
Q

Stash

A

Save for future use.

685
Q

Don’t harp on that

A

Keep talking about something in a boring and annoying way.

686
Q

A ran at him

A

Ran toward in an attempt to attack or knock out someone.

687
Q

Stumped check meaning

A

Perplexed/ confused

Too hard to do.

688
Q

Connoisseur

A

Expert judge of [ in matter of taste].

689
Q

Dangling

A

Hanging or swinging loosely.

690
Q

Dangling the carrot

A

Give an incentive or reward to someone in order to motivate them to do something.

691
Q

Abeyance

A

State of temporary inactivity
Suspension

692
Q

give a wide berth

A

Steer the ship clear

693
Q

Hefty gratuity

A

Heavy tip

694
Q

Horn in

A

Join in something

695
Q

Took to the shed

A

To reprimand or discipline someone especially in private.

696
Q

Reprimanded

A

If you’re reprimanded, someone in authority speaks to you in an angry way because you’ve done something wrong.

697
Q

Affliated

A

Officially attach or connect to an organization

698
Q

In the trenches

A

A place / situation in which people do very difficult work.

699
Q

Harass or pressure to do something

A

Hassle

700
Q

Wind beneath our wings

A

Help others keep going

701
Q

Loll sit, stand lie in a lazy relaxed way

A
702
Q

Perky

A

Cheerful and lively

703
Q

Clog up

A

Instructed

704
Q

Flare up

A

Suddenly outburst or intensification

705
Q

Confidant

A

A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter.

706
Q

Stave off

A

Defend against , fight off.

707
Q

Fizzles out

A
708
Q

Pool the wool over someone’s eye

A

They are trying to deceive you in order to have an advantage over you.

709
Q

Gridlock

A

Traffic jam affecting the whole network of intersections

710
Q

Treacherous

A
711
Q

Abstain

A

Refrain from sth

712
Q

Abstain

A

Decline to vote in support of a law

713
Q

Partial

A

Favoring one side is the dispute. Biased

714
Q

Latrine

A

Toilet

715
Q

Lye

A
716
Q

Poppycock

A

Empty talk, writing / nonsense.

717
Q

Jammed up

A

Too busy to do anything else.

718
Q

Duplicitous

A

Deceitful

719
Q

Amputate

A
720
Q

Divest

A

Get rid of it.

721
Q

True

A

Agreement to stop fighting

722
Q

Touch up

A

Make small improvements to the appearance or finish of something

723
Q

Bunt

A

Go kick the ball in a slowly deliberate way without swinging - baseball.

724
Q

Banter

A

Speak in a witty and teasing manner.

725
Q

Double entendre

A

Word or remark that has a hidden naughty meaning.

726
Q

Left holding the bag

A

Be in a situation where you are responsible for sth, often in unfair way because other people gave fail or refuse take responsibility for it.

Often in unfair

727
Q

Black swan

A

Unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has the potential severe consequences.

728
Q

Put a crimp

A

: to prevent (something) from happening or proceeding in the usual or desired way :

729
Q

Ritual

A
730
Q

Pat in the back

A

Approval

731
Q

Batting cages

A

Baseball practice area

732
Q

Consignment

A

Good are left with the third party to sell.

733
Q

Bolting

A

Can mean a lot of things depending on the context.
Move very quickly
Stroke of lightning
Etc.

734
Q

Penance

A

Voluntary self punishment.

735
Q

Viper

A

Venomous snake

736
Q

Recoup

A

Regain

737
Q

Read between the lines

A
738
Q

Ascot

A

An ascot is a wide necktie that resembles a small scarf

739
Q

We got bigger fish to fly.

A
740
Q

Rejuvenated

A

Give new energy, restore new energy.

741
Q

Shitting the bed.

A
742
Q

Impediments

A

Hindrances

743
Q

Valiantly

A

possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous

744
Q

Aloof

A

When someone is aloof they are not warm or friendly, they are distant and reserved.

745
Q

Aloof

A

Standoffish.

746
Q

Listless

A

Lack of energy, interest or spirit.

747
Q

Deplorable

A

Very poor quality and condition.

748
Q

Proverbial

A

Widely known or spoken off

749
Q

Sadism

A

Taking pleasure hurting other people

750
Q

That. Man isn’t what he portrays himself to be.

A
751
Q

You need to pick yourself up and dust yourself off

A
752
Q

Tell him I’ll exclude the payment and owner our deal.

A
753
Q

Foster

A

Bring up . Usually not your own child

754
Q

Hat in hand

A

Humbly asking for a favor

755
Q

Hat in hand?? No like a wolf in sheep’s clothing

A
756
Q

Upper hand

A

Have advantage

757
Q

Mercy from a position of strong, vulnerable, it’s from a position of weakness.

A
758
Q

Right the ship

A

Correct a problem

759
Q

Amicably

A

Friendly and pleasant way to

760
Q

Sanction

A

Impose a penalty

761
Q

In the cross hairs

A

In a challenging situation

762
Q

Muddles

A

Bring into a disorderly confused state

It muddles my mind I need to focus

763
Q

Backfire

A

Reverse of the desired or expected result

764
Q

Orchestrated

A
765
Q

Feisty

A

Lively determined courageous

Touchy and aggressive

766
Q

Beat the odds

A
767
Q

Torrid

A

Characterized by intense emotion

768
Q

Roofie

A

Drug that is put in a drink to make your unconscious.

769
Q

You are regular mother Teressa.

A
770
Q

Conjecture

A

Opinions based on incomplete information.

771
Q

That are utter conjecture

A
772
Q

Spurn

A

Refuse to have something / someone because you feel it’s not worthy having.

773
Q

Come down the pike

A

Come to notice, appear on the scene

774
Q

Relied on.

A
775
Q

Labored over every word for that

A

Work very difficult to achieve something.

776
Q

Time of words are over time for deeds is now.

A
777
Q

Knock the song of a bitch out the park

A
778
Q

Farce

A

Something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous.

779
Q

Have someone on the run

A

To be in a stronger position than your opponent.

780
Q

Boil down - literal boil sth until very little left.

A

Boil down- be the essential element.

It boil down to hard work and self discipline.

781
Q

Conundrum

A

Confusing and difficult problem or question.

782
Q

Pristine

A

Clean and fresh as if new.

He is been peeing directly into a pristine pool of eliteness.

783
Q

Elite

A

Superior in terms of of quality

784
Q

I actually wanted to believe that sob story about being reformed. You don’t actually bully the little guy anymore you just try to capitalize on him.

A
785
Q

Pull the plug

A

Prevent something from happening or continuing

786
Q

Stent

A

A tiny tube that your doctor can insert into passageway to keep it open.

787
Q

Contributory negligence

A
788
Q

Gallant

A

Adj. brave & heroic
Noun

A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.

789
Q

Salvage

A

To save it before it’s too late.

790
Q

Turnover

A

The rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced

Can also mean
Income/ revenue

791
Q

Helicopter tailspin

A

Bring out of control when used as a verb.

792
Q

Sell sb out

A

Betrayal

793
Q

Front can mean

For instance I fronted your buy in

A

Give the money needed to do something.

794
Q

Intestate

A

Adj.
not having made a will before one dies.

Noun.
Person who dies before having a will.

795
Q

Punt on something

A

Decide not to include it / do it.

796
Q

Shake off

A
797
Q

Pompous

A

Arrogant and conceited

798
Q

Conceit

A

Always boasting and can’t stop talking about yourself.

799
Q

Probate

A

The act of proving the legal validity of a will.

800
Q

Oblivion. - noun

A

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.

801
Q

Conciliatory

A

Making or willing to make concessions.

802
Q

Pounce

A

Attack suddenly by leaping onto your prey.

803
Q

Flash in pan

A

Happens one for a short time

804
Q

Yanked

A

Pull or move suddenly and sharply

805
Q

Siren wailing

A
806
Q

Acupuncture

A
807
Q

Flunking

A

Fail to reach the required standard

808
Q

Full bore

A

To the greatest extent or degree.

809
Q

Fine tooth comb

A

an attitude or system of thorough searching or scrutinizing.

810
Q

Exonerated

A

To declare him not guilty of criminal charges

811
Q

Carbo load

A
812
Q

Interrogation lamp pretty damn fast.

A
813
Q

Call in chit

A

Cash in a favor

814
Q

Renege

A

Go back on a promise

815
Q

Get juices flowing

A

Inspire creativity and thought.

816
Q

Presumptuous

A

It means taking for granted your access to someone or power to do something

817
Q

Bites the dust

A

Fail or come to an end

818
Q

Chump

A

Foolish / stupid

819
Q

What the hell is wrong with you, you gave me a map to escape and told the guard where I’ll be

A
820
Q

Hang out your shingle

A

Begin one’s profession

821
Q

Beckon

A

Physical gesture to to call someone.

Beck - beckoning gesture.

822
Q

You must be scraping the bottom of the barrel if you are coming to me.

A

Use something of the lowest quality because that’s all it’s that’s left.

823
Q

Residual anger

A
824
Q

Anger covers the hurt

A
825
Q

Stick your head in the sand

A

Refuse to accept truth about something unpleasant

826
Q

Come to be bearing the gifts

A
827
Q

Shove

A

To push along or away in a tough and careless way.

828
Q

Convoluted

A

Extremely difficult and complex to follow.

829
Q

Dangling

A

hanging or swinging loosely.

830
Q

Bangs - hairs that falls down the scalp -

A
831
Q

Freak out

A

Cause someone become extremely emotional.

Lose their cool.

832
Q

Out of the blue

A

Completely unexpected

833
Q

When are you gonna stop holding that over my head.

A

Use it as leverage.

834
Q

Impulsive decision

A

Acting or done without forethought.

835
Q

Smack

A

Strike

Sharp slap or blow typically given by a palm of a hand.

836
Q

Make a deal with someone and held my end of the bargain.

A

I did what I promised to do in that deal, you hold your end of the bargain.

837
Q

Haul

A

Pull or drag with effort or force.

838
Q

Throw under the bus

A

Allow someone to suffer to save yourself or gain personal advantage.

This is informal.

839
Q

Overwhelming

A

Very intense and hard to deal with.

So strong as to be irresistible.

Overwhelming majority.

Vey intense.

840
Q

Rehash

A

When you rehash something you use it again without altering or changing much.

Go back over.

Present or use over with few or no changes.

I don’t want to rehash it. Right now he is in jail and we need to get him out.

841
Q

Left out of the loop

A

Not being part of the group that makes important decisions or know what these decisions are.

842
Q

Not bat an eye

A

Show concern or surprise.

843
Q

Contaminate / pollute

A

Make it impure or poisonous/ hazardous.

Hazardous - involve danger/ risk.

844
Q

Perseverance

A

Continued effort to do something despite difficult, failure or opposition.

845
Q

Devote

A

Give all or a large part part of time / resources.

Dedicate.

Dedication and perseverance is required for success.

846
Q

Frizzy

A

Curl tightly

847
Q

Combative

A
848
Q

Poison bill

A

It’s a strategy it tactics of a company faced with unwanted/ unwelcome takeover aim at making themselves unattractive to the bidder.

849
Q

Flinch

A

Pull away suddenly because or recoil when something frightens or hurts you.

850
Q

Virtue

A

Behavior showing high moral standards.

851
Q

I have thought tooth and nail to keep together.

A

Those are both things that are not going to happen.

852
Q

Slump

A

Fall heavily.

853
Q

You saying you didn’t mean to buy that stock.

A

Then it skyrocketed and didn’t think to tell anyone that …

854
Q

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A
855
Q

The story was too ridiculous it just might be true.

A
856
Q

He got you by the ropes.

A

When someone is on the ropes, you mean they are nearly giving up or being defeated.

He got you by the ropes.

857
Q

You don’t seem to have the courage to rip off the arm to save the body.

A

Sacrifice one thing to save another.

858
Q

Why don’t you pack up your shit and crawl out of here with a tail between your legs.

A

A tail between your legs.

Be ashamed or embarrassed because you lost or defeated.

859
Q

Downgrade

A

Lesser in quality

860
Q

Sometimes bitter memory become bitter sweet when you share it with a friend.

A
861
Q

The guy we are up against. He is proving to be much tougher than everyone expected.

A
862
Q

Batten down the hatches

A

Prepare for a difficult situation

863
Q

Knick your block off

A

Threatening to hit them very hard especially in the head.

864
Q

Ambient

A
865
Q

Exacting

A

Making great demands in one’s skill, attention or resources.

Living up in such exacting standards.

866
Q

From the horses mouth

A

From the person directly concerned or authoritative source.

867
Q

Sidestep

A

Avoid by stepping on the side.

868
Q

Justification

A
869
Q

Juggling

A

Doing a couple of things at the same time.

870
Q

Bite my head off

A

To yell at someone or to be very critical

871
Q

Villain

A
872
Q

Feign

A

Pretend to be affected by

Feign ignorance
Feign outrage

873
Q

Sometimes to deal with disappointment in arena is to accomplish something else

A
874
Q

Hoarse

A

Sounding rough or harsh.

875
Q

Soften the blow

A

Make it easier to deal with a difficult situation

876
Q

It’s a nice surprise

A
877
Q

I’m i shuttering your illusions about the guy

A

Shatter - broke into pieces.

Shatter someone illusions.

Make someone belief their beliefs are wrong

878
Q

You helped overcome my stage flight can put price on that.

A
879
Q

Will never see the light of day

A

Will never occur

880
Q

Impromptu

A

Done with being planned, organized or rehearsed.

You impromptu is exactly what the doctor ordered.

881
Q

Patch it up

A

To deal with

882
Q

Pull strings

A

Use one’s influence or contact to gain advantage

883
Q

Give someone something in a silver platter

A

Make it easy for something to get something without having earned it.

884
Q

Everyone is bearing gifts

A
885
Q

Obsequious

A

Attempting to win a favor from an influential person through flattery.

886
Q

Insurmountable

A

Too great to overcome.

887
Q

Whenever I deem appropriate

A

When I see fit.

888
Q

Throw in the towel

A

Give up

889
Q

Infidelity

A

Unfaithful

890
Q

Euphoria

A

Well being and happiness

891
Q

Vicinity

A

Area surrounding a particular place.

892
Q

Crux

A

The most important point at issue.

893
Q

Gloat

A

Expressing great satisfaction at the misfortune of others

It’s not worth gloating over.

894
Q

Fell off the turnip truck

A

Someone who is easily fooled and naive.

895
Q

Take the plunge

A

A decision to do something after thinking about it for a long time.

They are finally taking the plunge and getting married.

896
Q

Laborious

A

Arduous.

Request a a lot of energy/ effort and time.

897
Q

Perpetuated

A

Keep alive, keep going

898
Q

Inherent

A

Describe things that are part of the essential natural of something.

899
Q

Sap

A

Make something weaker, or weaken the strength.

900
Q

Astonishing

A

Surprise or impress greatly

901
Q

Dignify

A

Make something seem dignified or worthy/ impressive.

902
Q

Take someone breath away

A

Very exciting, surprising or beautiful.

903
Q

Imposing

A

Impressive in the sense that they are large and serious.

904
Q

Commiserate

A

Sympathize

905
Q

Indiscernible

A

Impossible to see or clearly distinguish.

906
Q

Uncanny

A

Strange, mysterious or unfamiliar that it’s seems supernatural.

907
Q

Detour

A
908
Q

Gather / muster

A
909
Q

Contemplate

A

Ponder

910
Q

Muster

A

Gather

911
Q

I had it coming

A
912
Q

Pomp and circumstance

A

Formal and impressive ceremony

913
Q

Unveiling

A

Release to the public/

914
Q

Onslaught

A

Fierce and destructive attack.

915
Q

Ringing the bell

A

Make someone remember something

916
Q

Judiciousness

A

Good judgement.

917
Q

Pummeled

A

Strike repeatedly with a fist.
Can be used, figuratively.

918
Q

Capsule

A

Small container.

919
Q

Olive branch

A

Offer of conciliation and goodwill.

920
Q

Insidious

A

Proceeding gradual , subtle way, but with harmful effects.

921
Q

At first they frowned at the idea but after a few minutes it was hard to get the to leave.

A
922
Q

Patently

A

Clearly, without a doubt.

923
Q

Sandbagging

A

Lowering the expectation in order to produce relatively greater than anticipated results.

924
Q

Screw the pooch

A

Make a big humiliating mistake.

925
Q

I need your story to line up

A
926
Q

Pit against

A

To cause to fight or compete against each other.

927
Q

Gumption

A

Determined and full of courage; and common sense too.

928
Q

Sentiment

A

View / opinion

929
Q

Chauffeur

A

Drive someone in the car.

930
Q

Pretext

A

Something used to conceal a plan.

931
Q

and she says she was just tidying up, cleaning was her pretext for snooping.

A
932
Q

Stalking horse

A

Pretext / used to conceal one’s true intentions.

933
Q

Embellish

A

Make a story more attractive by adding details that are not true.

934
Q

Adjoin

A

Join with or next to.

935
Q

Patio

A
936
Q

Sweat it out

A

Doing hard physical exercises

937
Q

Stunted

A

Having been prevented from growing or developing properly.

938
Q

Geniality

A

The quality of having a friendly and cheerful manner.

939
Q

Exonerated

A

Acquit

940
Q

Graffiti

A
941
Q

Taking something in stride

A

To handle a difficult situation or a problem with calm and not to allow it influence what you are doing.

942
Q

Rip of the band aid

A

Do something unpleasant that is pain or intense quickly, while the pain is typically more intense is short lived.

943
Q

Leave any stone unturned

A

Try all possible course of action to solve a problem

944
Q

Do someone in

A

Kill someone

945
Q

Pucker up

A

Contracts one lips in preparation to kiss someone.

946
Q

Stodgy

A

Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull.

947
Q

Lewd

A

Sexually inappropriate

948
Q

Unsavory

A

Morally offensive

949
Q

Forfeit

A

Lose or give up something.

950
Q

Under the gun

A

Under great pressure.

951
Q

Pay homage

A

Honor/ respect publicly.

952
Q

Concocted

A

Devised/ created.

953
Q

Interrogatory

A

Formal question or inquiry.

954
Q

Requisition

A

An official form on which the request is made.

955
Q

Morally reprehensible.

A

Vile, despicable.

Deserving blame or strong criticism.

956
Q

Defile

A

Sully

957
Q

Conniving

A

Calculating, scheme and shrewd and in other words sneaky and up to no good.

958
Q

Bluster

A

Talk in a loud, aggressive way with little effect.

959
Q

Tipped out me know.

A
960
Q

Was wondering when you gonna pay me a visit

A
961
Q

Reproach

Beyond reproach -

A

Perfect/ such that no criticism can be made.

962
Q

We don’t see eye for eye on your priorities

A
963
Q

Meteoric

A

Fast

964
Q

Grin

A

Broad smile

965
Q

Adorn

A

Make more beautiful and attractive

966
Q

Matador

A

Bullfighter who kills the bull at the end of the fight

967
Q

Bent out of shape

A

Angry or agitated.

968
Q

Strongman

A

Use violence or force

969
Q

Matriculated

A

Enrolled in college or university.

970
Q

Coerced this professor into signing this deal.

A

So our exhibits are fabricated but yours are squeak clean.

Squeak clean - completely good and honest.

Because you are mother Teresa.

971
Q

I’m not mother Teressa, but I certainly don’t resort to coercion to get my evidence.

A
972
Q

The chances of you winning this case just took a mighty big turn for the worse.

A
973
Q

Our reputation is taking a beating and we need to rehabilitate it and you know it.

A
974
Q

Unscathed

A

Completely unharmed

975
Q

Spurious

A

Plausible but fake.

Intended to deceive

976
Q

Derelict

A

Abandon

977
Q

Delirious

A

Excited uncontrollably and a bit crazy

978
Q

Encore

A

Extra repeated performance usually given in response to audience demand.

979
Q

Uncertain belief

A

Supposition

980
Q

Chum up

A

Be friends

981
Q

Intermission

A

Break or a pause

982
Q

Bite my head off

A

Yell at someone or criticize them especially very suddenly and without good reason

983
Q

Pry them from my cold dead hands

A
984
Q

Teetering

A

Waver or sway a bit from lack of balance.

985
Q

Carrying his water

A

Do his bidding - assignments

986
Q

Spite

A

The desire to hurt, offend or annoy someone.

987
Q

Sometime you have to bench your quarterback to show him who is running the team, whether you take a loss or not.

A
988
Q

Stick the head in the sand

A

To avoid a particular situation as if it does not exist.

989
Q

Ostensible

A

Appears true but not necessarily so.

990
Q

Frivolous

A

Not having any serious purpose or value.

991
Q

Burning a hole in your pocket

A

Spend large sums of money for unnecessary reason.

992
Q

Full disclosure

A
993
Q

It’s your ass on the line

A

It’s your reputation, livelihood and well being at stake.

994
Q

If you don’t disrespect yourself you go looking for signs of disrespect in others.

A
995
Q

Grit

A

Fortitude and determination.
Fortitude - strength when faced with difficult or adversity.

Strength in.

996
Q

Nostalgia

A

Long for good old days.

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