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Solitary

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Samotny/Lonely

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Enterprise

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Przedsięwzięcie/An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk

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Unencumbered

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Nieskrępowany/Not burdened, impeded, or hampered

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Meandering

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Kręty/ To be bended or turned as of a stream or path

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Companionable

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Towarzyski, przyjacielski/ Having the qualities of a good companion; friendly

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Non-sequitur

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Błąd wnioskowania (?)/A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it

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To hanker for

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Pragnieć/To want someone or something

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To refute

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Obalać, wykazywać fałszywość/To prove to be false or erroneous

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Abject

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Nędzny, żałosny/ Extremely bad or degrading

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Fugitive

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Przelotny/Lasting only a short time

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Untoward

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Unfavorable, adverse or unexpected

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Infestation

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A harassing or troublesome invasion

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Locust

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A name for certain migratory members of the short-horned grasshopper

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Myriad

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Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable

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Anachronistic

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Belonging to the past

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Verity

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Truth

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Ergo

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Therefor

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Albeit

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Even though

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Infintesimal

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Infinitely or immeasurably small

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To budge

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To move or stir slightly

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Dumbstruck

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Very shocked or astonished

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Oblivion

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State of being completely forgotten

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Lavish

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In large qunatities

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Exasperation

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Frustrated annoyance

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Stupefied

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Amazed, shocked

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Urbane

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Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner

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Bon mot

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A clever saying

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Suave

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Courteous and elegant

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To jam

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To block, congest, or clog

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To gash

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To make a long deep cut in; slash deeply

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To shed

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To produce and release; for example tears

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To lean

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To bend one’s body

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To knock

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To strike with a hard blow

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To sweep

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To clean or clear, as of dirt, with a broom or brush

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To drench

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To wet through and through; soak

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To pin

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To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins

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To roll

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To travel or be moved like wheels or rollers

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Glamour

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Atractivness, beauty

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Handful

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Very small amount

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Star-struck

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Fascinated

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With gusto

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With great anticipation

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Blockbuster

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Something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales

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To be lured by

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To be tempted by

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Peanuts (cash related)

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Small amount of money

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Artiste

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A professional artist

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Lavish set

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Large in amount and really rich

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Takings

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Profit/money

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Heart throb

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A person who is the object of popular romantic infatuation or desire, but is a heartbreaker

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Shed inhibition

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Get rid of shyness

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With spite

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With desire to hurt/annoy

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Homestead

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Household and the area around it

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To befit someone (behaviour)

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To suit someone

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Beyond bearing

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Unbearable

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To scorn

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To consider or treat as worse or unworthy; look down

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To be hived off

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To be separated

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Inextricable

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Very closely connected

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Stroke

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The act or an instance of striking

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Wheelchair-bound

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Limited

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To be bereft

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To be devoid of something

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Innate

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Existing naturally; inborn

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Foolproof

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Can’t go wrong/Designed so as to be impervious to human incompetence

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To slot into

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To fit into

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Pitched

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Adjusted

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In leaps and bounds

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Something that increases quickly

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Quick-fix

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Temporary solution

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To turn up

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To increase the speed, volume, intensity, or flow

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To sort out

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To clarify or resolve

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To make for

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To head towards, esp in haste

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To single somebody out

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To choose or distinguish from others

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To pay up

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To give over the full monetary amount demanded

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To send for

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To request to come by means of a message or messenger; summon

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To stick to

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To continue constantly

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To write off

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To cause or acknowledge the complete loss of

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To look into

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To inquire into; investigate

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To get by

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To succeed at a level of minimal acceptability or with the minimal amount of effort

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Hard up

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Broke

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Cost the earth

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To be exorbitant or burdensome in expense

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Money to burn

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More than enough money for what is required or expected; money to be wasted on something esle

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To come across

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To find someone or something

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To get a much better deal

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To pay less

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Cost an arm and a leg

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To be very expensive

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To be made of money

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Very rich

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To rip off

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To steal/to be decieved

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To mess up

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To make an error; to do something wrong

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To check out

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To examine or try something

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Good value for money

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Something that is worth it

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To be entitled for discounts

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To be granted/to qualify for discounts

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To put up

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To provide lodging for someone

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To show around

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To give someone a tour of a place

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Off-peak

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Not in the period of most frequent or heaviest use

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Acne

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Spots on your skin

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Adage

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Saying

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To alleviate

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To ease

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Assault

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Attack

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To be at each others’ throat

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To argue

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To be at the end of one’s tether

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A point or state at which one has no more patience, endurance, or energy left

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To be on red alert

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To be alarmed/warned

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To bear a grudge

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To continue feeling an old resentment for someone

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Bicker

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Argument

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Brisk

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Full of energy

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Cheesed off

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Annoyed

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Clear the air

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Explain the situation

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Complacent

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Satisfied, when you are not supposed to be

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Detrimental

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Harmful

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Dismayed

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Worried

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Drop one’s guard

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To not be prepared for danger or surprises

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Eczema

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Skin condition that causes redness

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Feud

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Argument, for example between to families

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To flourish

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To grow well or luxuriantly, thrive

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To get one’s back up

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To annoy

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To get one’s own back

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To have vengence

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Insomnia

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Lack of sleep aka me

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Invigorating

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Imparting vigor, strength, or vitality

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Jaded

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Bored

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To jump down one’s throat

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To attack

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Lethargic

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Sleepy

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To keep someone on their toes

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To make sure that someone gives all their attention to what they are doing and is ready for anything that might happen

118
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Nourishment

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Food

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Patronising

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Characteristic of those who treat other as if they were better than them

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To pick on someone

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To bully

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Pre-empt

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Prepare for something

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Rant and rave

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To speak loudly and furiously

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To resort

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To turn to or make use of a person, strategy, or course of action for help or as a means of achieving something

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Row

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Argument

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To rub along with

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To cooperate

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Simultaneously

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At the same time

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Sluggish

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Really slow

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To sooth

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To ease

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Something speaks volume

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Says everything about something

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To spoil yourself

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To treat yourself

131
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Squabble

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Children argument

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To stick up for someone

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To support someone

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Sustenance

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The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood

134
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To thrive

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To grow vigorously; flourish

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To unwind

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To relax

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Uptight

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Tense

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To whinge

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To complain or protest

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To wind someone up

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To annoy

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Accident-prone

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Attracting accidents

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Ample

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In large amount

141
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To draw on infromation

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To use information or your knowledge of something to help you do something

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Flaw

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An imperfection

143
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Fleet

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A number of warships operating together under one command

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Extra

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A performer hired to play a minor part, as in a crowd scene in a film

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To frown

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To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure

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To get by

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To survive

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To grunt

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To utter a deep guttural sound, as a hog does

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Gum

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The fleshy tissue that covers the jawbones around the bases of the teeth

149
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To heave

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To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force

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To keep your eyes peeled

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To watch carefully

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Oath

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A solemn, formal declaration or promise to fulfill a pledge

152
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Perch

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A position that is secure, advantageous, or prominent

153
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Safety measures

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Taken to protect people from hazards

154
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Shipwreck

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The remains of a wrecked ship

155
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To steer clear of something

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To stay away from, avoid

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To thrust

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To push something somewhere suddenly and with force

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To yank

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To pull something with a strong, sudden movement

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