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1
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to stay away from school or work or to leave early, especially without permissio

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Bunk off

rather than, say, bunking off to lark about on a film set

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to enjoy yourself by behaving in a silly way synonym mess around.

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Lark about

rather than, say, bunking off to lark about on a film set

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Obtain

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Derive

they derive entirely from those years at Cranmore

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A stupid or unintelligent person;

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Spanner

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a person’s occupation or position within society.

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Walk of life

To communicate with people from all walks of life.

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escape blame, punishment

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Get away with

Up until that point I’d got away with being a cheeky little boy. In fact, I’d more than got away with it – it had landed me film roles

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a very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner.

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Swagger

I was developing a bit of a swagger

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lasting or seeming to last longer than is necessary.

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Drawn-out

The auditioning process was longer and more drawn out than anything I’d experienced before

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Arrogant

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Cocky

I felt pretty cocky about it

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feeling or indicating feelings of weariness, boredom, or cynicism as a result of long experience of life.

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World-weary

I glanced up at it, world-weary and slightly full of myself

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very self-satisfied and with an exaggerated sense of self-worth.

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Full of yourself

I glanced up at it, world-weary and slightly full of myself

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it is difficult to find.

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Hard to come by

They’re very rare, these are, ‘Arry. They’re very hard to come by.

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offensive word for a person, especially a man, that you are annoyed with or think is unpleasant.

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Sod

I just giggled, little sod that I was

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Calmness

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Calmness

I made an outward show of nonchalance

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Calmness

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Calmness

I made an outward show of nonchalance

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Pain

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Twinge

I won’t lie, there was a twinge of disappointment

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to study intensively

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Mug up

Would Draco have gone home to mug up, Hermione-like, on Harry Potter books?

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Aloof

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Distant

I was probably a little aloof towards these younger kids

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Surface

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Veneer

To be in the same room as the Sheriff himself was enough to penetrate even my veneer of schoolboy cockiness

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Wicked and cruel

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dastardly

was obsessed with Alan’s performance as the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham

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do as (someone) asks or desires in order to help or please them.

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Oblige

Very kindly, he obliged

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Buttocks

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Bum

XXX on the bum

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By profession

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By trade

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Famous and respectful

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eminent

An eminent geophysicist, I might add, with a long list of awards and even an award named after him

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Disorganized or untidy

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Scrappy

scrappy blond kid

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Small boy

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Nipper

whose own fans I briefly stole as a nipper in New York

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Behave in silly or aimless way

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Muck about or muck around

it won’t take long before they’re all mucking around

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28
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Suppress

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Stifle

He made no attempt to stifle that

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Fall or drop with a high speed

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Plummet

which later melted, causing the candles to plummet

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Relaxed

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Laid-back

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31
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to gulp down a liquid very quickly.

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Guzzle

I guzzled mine down and put my empty cup on the ground

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32
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Throw

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Chuck

Richie did just that. He chucked it. Hard

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33
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Nonsense

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poppycock

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34
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small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.

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clique

Almost immediately after filming began, life had started to mirror art and I found myself in a little clique with Jamie and Josh – Crabbe and Goyle

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35
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Although

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Albeit

So imagine the noise a gun makes, albeit a blank firer

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36
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Avoid

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Dodge

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37
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in a poor or neglected state after having been prosperous

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Run-down

It was the shabbiest, most run-down block I’d ever seen

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Shaky

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Rickety

Old rickety stairs, sticky checkerboard lino on the floor

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food that is heavy, filling, and high in carbohydrates.

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Stodge

hash browns and beans, good British stodge to fill up a hungry teenager

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walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

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Stagger

Then I’d stagger up those rickety stairs to the production office to get my ‘sides’

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express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.

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Rebuke

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express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.

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Rebuke

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Rebuke

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Reprimand

I was furiously reprimanded each time

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44
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small worthless objects, especially household ornaments.

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Knick-knack

Other stages were floor to ceiling with props and nicknacks that would have been a Harry Potter fan’s dream to explore

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45
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filled with something to the point of overflowing.

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Brimful

Room of Requirement. It was brimful of random wizarding paraphernalia

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miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.

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Paraphernalia

It was brimful of random wizarding paraphernalia

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47
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Freedom

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Leeway

The adult actors had more leeway

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48
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Horrified

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Aghast

Without exception they’d look aghast and confused

49
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Completely

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Implicitly

Alan understood this implicitly

50
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Chaos

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Mayhem

51
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VIP

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Bigwig

52
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wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.

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Squirm

I felt myself squirming

53
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Uncooperative

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Bolshie

she can be quite bolshie when people crowd me

54
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Dissolute

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Dissipated

the fans dissipated

55
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get its mouth into the correct position around the nipple.

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Latch on

Since I was the only one who engaged with her in any way, she latched on to me

56
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bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

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Evocative

in the same way that listening to a particular song can be evocative of something else

57
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F*k

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Fudge

58
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Hit with a blow from a flat object

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To swat away

trying to swat them away

59
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Device

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Contraption

a see-saw-like contraption

60
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Inventiveness

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Ingenuity

Actually flying the things took a bit more ingenuity

61
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Hero-worship

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Adulation

The actors might get all the adulation, but so often it’s the stunt artists that make us look good and Holmesey is the best of them

62
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a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.

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Grudges

and the old Hogwarts grudges have by no means been diminished by the years

63
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Skill

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Prowess

Or your prowess on skateboard or BMX

64
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An act or incident involving adventure

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Escapade

Exploit

I’ve already told you about my escapade in HMV

65
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Sneering

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Mocking

I remember one teacher putting me in my place by mocking my hair colour and asking me who’d cracked an egg on my head

66
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Fail to read the required standard

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Flunk

I flunked drama with a series of Ds

67
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The feeling that something is unworthy of your respect

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Disdain

No doubt it outwardly looked like regular teenage disdain

68
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The feeling that something is unworthy of your respect

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Disdain

No doubt it outwardly looked like regular teenage disdain

69
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Crowd

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Mob

70
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Gently and persistently persuade

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Coax

standing in line to get into an under-18 nightclub in Guildford that my friends had coaxed me to come along to

71
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Do without

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Forego

I decided that I could forego an evening in the nightclub for a quiet life

72
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Secluded

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Cloistered

At the very least, they were not part of the cloistered upbringing I could easily have had forced upon me

73
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Clumsy, slow

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Lumbering

They were huge, lumbering animals half the size of a horse

74
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Drool

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Slobber

Doggie slobber

75
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Noisy disturbance

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Commotion

It’s not easy to get an animal to do what you want it to do with all that commotion going on

76
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Discharge slowly and steadily

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Exude

Like Professor McGonagall herself, Maggie exudes a quiet, calm authority, and she’s always hiding a wry smile

77
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Using dry, especially mocking humor

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Wry

Wry smile

78
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Serious

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Stern

L ike Alan Rickman she has the ability to be really quite stern while also remaining incredibly patient

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Respect

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Esteem

kids who have no real idea who you are, no concept of the esteem in which you’re held

80
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Strong, healthy, and full of energy

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Vigorous

They had to move the poor creature several times to stop his vigorous pastime ruining the shot

81
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Compliant, ready to perceive instructions

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Docile

He was a fairly docile little chap

82
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Hit

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Thwack

that I hadn’t meant her to thwack me in the face

83
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Smelling unpleasant as a result of being old and stale

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Rancid

I remember somebody making a rancid potion of Coke, milk and coffee beans and offering a quid to anyone who would drink it

84
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emphasizes sameness

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In a similar vein

So perhaps, in a similar vein, somebody had offered him fifty pence to deck me

85
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Repressed, contained

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Pent-up

But there was sometimes a sense that he carried round with him a kind of pent-up aggression

86
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Constantly

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Incessantly

Jamie was winding me up incessantly

87
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Wishing to do work or duty well

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Conscientious

but I did try to be professional. I did try to be conscientious

88
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Irritating

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Irksome

For whatever reason, I found Jamie’s needling particularly irksome that day

89
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In low spirits from loss of hope or courage

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Despondent

He seemed to lack enthusiasm, to be despondent even

90
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to experience sympathy and sadness for someone because they are suffering

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Feel for you

I felt for him

91
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Twist the body from side to side because of nerves

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Squirm

The more my mum squirmed at the thought of her youngest son immortalised in mannequin form, the more Robbie waved the decoy Draco in her direction

92
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Lovable

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Endearing

He had the ears, he had the face, he had the endearing accent

93
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Assemble

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Congregate

Each year, when we all congregated to make the next film

94
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large, strong, and sexually attractive (typically used of a man).

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Hunky

Each year, when we all congregated to make the next film, Matthew was ever so slightly hunkier

95
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continue at tedious and unnecessary length.

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Drag on

It seemed to be dragging on, and Alan and I were enshrouded by a long, awkward silence

96
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Envelope

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Enshroud

It seemed to be dragging on, and Alan and I were enshrouded by a long, awkward silence

97
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make an effort to do something that frightens one.

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pluck up the courage

I eventually plucked up the courage to say, ‘How’s it going then, Alan? You alright? Feeling okay?’

98
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Enjoy

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Relish

I needed to relish the time I had with this smart, witty, interesting man

99
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Marihyana

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Joint

100
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Marihyana cigarette

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Spliff

101
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Joint vs Spliff vs blunt

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Marihyana and paper

Marihyana, tobacco, and paper

Marihyana and cigarette paper

102
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A person, who smokes Marihyana

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Pothead

103
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Questioning

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Interrogation

A uniformed officer came in, gave me a full-on Line of Duty interrogation

104
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Walking stick

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Cane

Part of Lucius’s costume was a black cane with two fangs at the end. It was Jason’s idea that the cane should conceal his wand

105
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Downhearted

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Crestfallen

And a crestfallen Jason, well aware that he had just been politely refused, returned the book to the kid, who must have thought his precious copy had just been snaffled in quite a Malfoy-esque manner

106
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Serious, strict

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Stern

She could look really quite stern, as though she could put you on the floor any time she wanted to, but I learned that she was soft-natured at heart

107
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Try hard to do or achieve something

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Endeavour

The final Potter movie was a colossal endeavour because it was two films shot together, as opposed to the usual six-month break between the previous films

108
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Cry

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Bawl

The moment I was in the car, I started to bawl

109
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Sturdy and well-built

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Stocky

She stood out for many reasons, but mostly for being such a tiny thing surrounded by these stocky, burly stuntmen

110
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Catch in trap

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Ensnare

who had tricked me into thinking I had a new job in order to ensnare me here

111
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Who conceal true motiffs

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Dissembler

They were dissemblers

112
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Absurd

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Preposterous

I blinked. Were they insane? This was preposterous

113
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Liking

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Predilection

vast majority were in for what seemed to me to be much more serious predilections than mine: heroin, opioids, benzos, crystal meth, crack cocaine

114
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Look thoughtfully

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so I just sat there with my cigarette, contemplating my situation and the events of the past couple of days

115
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The lowest point

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Nadir

No clue that I would reach a terrible nadir, and that I would have to rely on the kindness of strangers to see me through

116
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Lack of sensation

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Numbness

I realised that before I had been existing in a state of absolute numbness

117
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in an embarrassed manner due to shame or a lack of self-confidence.

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Sheepishly

Thank you,’ I said sheepishly

118
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to deal with a problem or difficulty calmly and not to allow it to influence what you are doing

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Take something in your stride

119
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Acutely Embarrassing

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Cringeworthy

It was something so absurd, so traumatically cringe-worthy, that my brain has blocked it from my memory

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