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Padlock

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(the lock used to lock the locker)

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Latchlock

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(the part on the locker where the padlock sits)

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Swapping out

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Exchanging somthing in return to somthing else.

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To keep out

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Not to enter SW

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Neon sign

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An elctric sign in the form of words

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Spiel

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A persuasive speech

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Reconcilliation

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To ease up things between two sides/people

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Reconcilliation

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To ease up things between two sides/people

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Akin

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Related by blood

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Wail

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To cry loudly

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Crouch

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To bend on knees

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Egalitarian

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SO who believes in defending equal rights for everyone

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Interface

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a body/phase that’s situated between two other bodies/phases

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Interface

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a body/phase that’s situated between two other bodies/phases

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Ruffel

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Disarragnge/wrinkel

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Doom

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When somthing bad will happen and unavoided

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Obliterate

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To destroy ST completely

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Enticing

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Attractive/persuasive

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Enticing

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Attractive/persuasive

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Alluring

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Powerfully attractive

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Relinquish

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To give up easily

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Gutter

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The canal on the roof that removes the water

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To abdicate

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To forefiet

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To Lurk

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To wait patiently before attacking

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Valet

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Server

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Smoldering

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To burn flamelessly

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Impeutious

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Lacking being cautious

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Omen

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Predictig ST bad will happen

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Impassed

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A situation where no solution is possible

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Imperiled

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To Put at risk of being harmed

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Thwart

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To prevent ST from being accomplished

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Espionage

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The prcatice of sping

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Renegade

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A person who betrays a coutry

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Sagicity

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The quality of making good decisions

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Status quo

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The current situation

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36
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Come clean

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To admit the truth

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To shirk

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To avoid ST

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Objectivity

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Based on facts

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Subjectivity

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Based on personal opinion

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Extirpation

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To destroy completly

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To Discredit SO

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To make people disrespect SO

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42
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An airhead

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A dump person

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43
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All out war / Full scale-war

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A war where all kind of weapons are used

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Nitpick

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A trifel mistake

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Flask

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A small bottel

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Fussy

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Too concerned in small details / hard to please

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Solicite

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Seeking / asking for ST

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Mulling

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Thinking longly about somthing

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Sustenance

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An income/ source of finance

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Contentment

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Accepting the current situation/thing

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51
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Ferry

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A ship transfers cars/ goods

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Toll

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Money used for the usage of a road

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Dismayed

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Upset

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Revolted

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Disgusted

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Elated

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Ecstatically happy

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I stand corrected

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I apologize

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57
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He is grounded

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He is not allowed to leave their house

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58
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Croutch

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The area between the legs

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59
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Anatidaes

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The water birds

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60
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Goose

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a type of anatidae

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Duped

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Decieved

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Cordial person

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Warm person

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63
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To get your feet under the table

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To get used for ST

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To dispute

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To argue

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Judicious

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Wise

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Railings

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A fence-like on the side of the stairs

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67
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Consolable

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Can be eased

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Roaches

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A type of a pest.

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Cricket

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The type of pest that makes sound in the wild at night.

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Slouchy person

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A person with bended head and back forwardly

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Fidget with ST

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To play with ST

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To flick

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The move which results in the movement of ST else

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Pacing

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The movement back and forth when thinking about ST

74
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Handout

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The document given by the presentor to the audience

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Opening line

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The statement said at the beggining of a speech.

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Paunch line

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The statement said at the end of a speech(to summarize iT)

77
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Crux

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The main point

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Whimpering

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whooo sound as a result of shock)

79
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Sobbing

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(euhh/ uhh sound when cring)

80
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Sniffeling

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Taking air through the nose

81
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Scoffing

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Making a sound as a reaction to being surprised

82
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Scoffing

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Making a sound as a reaction to being surprised

83
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Muttering

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Quiet complaining

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Chimes

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The Sound of a striked bell

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Sighing

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Emitting a sad breath

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Grunting

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A sound from the lung indicating discomfirt

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Groaning

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Sound emitted from the top of the throat indicating discomfort

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Groaning

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Sound emitted from the top of the throat indicating discomgort

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Chattering

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Chatting with a quiet voice

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Squaky

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The sound of the door when it’s not oiled

91
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Huff

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A sound reults from air exhaled heavily

92
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Muffel

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a sound made from underneath the water or pillow

93
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Chirping

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The sound the birds make

94
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Honks

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The name of the sound the cars make also anatidaes

95
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Humming

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A sound that is continual,quiet (bee sound)

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Whooshes

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The sound of a car passes quickly

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Dispute

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To argue

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Dispute

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To argue

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Roadmap

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A graphic indicates,helps the audience understand the presentation

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Daunting

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Hard work

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Daunting

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Hard work

102
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Alas

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Unfortunately

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Alas

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Unfortunately

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Fraught

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Sorrunded by

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Outcasted

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Not accepted by the society

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Outcasted

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Not accepted by the society

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Abyss

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A dangerous situation

108
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Abyss

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A dangerous situation

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Rehoteric

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Changing the way the people think through speech/writing

110
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To put up with SO

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To be patient with someone

111
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To be fed with SO

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To be done with someone

112
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Complicity

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To participate in a plot

113
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Complicity

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To participate in a plot

114
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Venture

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A risky business activity

115
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Acquisition

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When a company buys another company’s property

116
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Acquisition

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When a company buys anotger company’s property

117
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Merger

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When two businesses join together

118
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Tackel

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When efforts made to deal with diffcult assigment/issue

119
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Tackel

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When efforts made to deal with diffcult assigment/issue

120
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Ambidextrous

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When SO uses both hands reliably

121
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Smarts

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The mental ability

122
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Smarts

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The mental ability

123
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Droop

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When ST bends downward

124
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To Squint

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When So closes his eyes (to focus it)

125
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Plummet

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When the prices fall dramatically

126
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Plummet

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When the prices fall dramatically

127
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To bid

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To participate in the activity of Auction

128
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Complacent

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To be satisfied with one’s achievements

129
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To have a blast

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To have fun

130
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To set out

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To start a journey

131
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To set out

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To start a journey

132
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You crack up

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You make people laugh

133
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You crack up

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You make people laugh

134
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Shake a leg!

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Hurry up!

135
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He is feeling blue

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He feels bad

136
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Bite the bullet

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Keep going

137
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He eats like a horse

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He eats a lot

138
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Insatiable

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Can not be satisfied

139
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Duo

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Two people in company/combined

140
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Contempt

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SO/ ST beneath consideration

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Bustling

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Very active/loud

142
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Refining

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Improving by updating it

143
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To crop up

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To show up suddenly

144
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To coexist

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To live with one another in once place/envirement

145
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To coexist

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To live witg one another in once place/envirement

146
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Obsolecense

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When a type of a device becomes outdated

147
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Obsolecense

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When a type of a device becomes outdated

148
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Lair

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A place where an animal shelters

149
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Colage

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A group of pictures in one set

150
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Thorn

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A harmful, extention from a tree(thin base till the tip)

151
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Prickel

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Harmful, wide at the base and thin at the tip

152
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To mood up SO

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To make SO feel better

153
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Far off

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ST far away

154
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To huddel

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To gather / get close with SO

155
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To deter

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To prevent ST bad from happening

156
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Fins

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Hands of a fish

157
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Fins

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Hands of a fish

158
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Sccumbing

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Giving up

159
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Sccumbing

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Giving up

160
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Splashing

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To scatter liqiud through the air

161
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Ordeal

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A long period of time that is unplesant

162
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To rundown

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To review

163
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To rundown

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To review

164
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Myriad

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A huge # of ST

165
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A showcase

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A display of ST

166
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A showcase

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A display of ST

167
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Diabolic

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Devilish

168
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Meteorology

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Science of forcast

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Sheer

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Transperant

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Exhibit

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Show like activity

171
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Obnoxious

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A hateful/ grudge holding person

172
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Intriguing

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Curiosity arising

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Deeming

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