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1 to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere
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1 (literary) a very deep hole which seems to have no bottom
2 a difficult situation that brings trouble or destruction |
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1 relating to the enjoyment or study of beauty
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1 to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend
2 to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor
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to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe |
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to join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations do this |
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having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally |
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to make a bad or unpleasant situation better |
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a person, thing or idea which exists out of its time in history, especially one which happened or existed later than the period being shown, discussed, etc |
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comparable to something else which has similar features
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to make someone feel opposition or dislike towards you |
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to make something smaller, thinner or weaker |
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to make a judgment in an argument, usually because asked to do so by those involved |
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of or belonging to the distant past; from an ancient period in history |
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great enthusiasm or love |
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able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly, or showing this quality
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to express in words |
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without comfort; plain and without decoration; severe |
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boring, ordinary and not original |
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using long and difficult words, usually to make people think you know more than you do |
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truthful and honest, especially about something difficult or painful |
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to criticize someone or something severely |
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1 (specialized) something that makes a chemical reaction happen more quickly without itself being changed
2 an event or person that causes great change |
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describes a remark or way of speaking that is hurtful, critical or intentionally unkind |
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a state of total confusion and lack of order |
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describes an argument or reason, etc. that is clearly expressed and persuasive, convincing, having the power to compel |
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to accept or allow behavior that is wrong |
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1 very twisted
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too willing to believe what you are told; easily deceived |
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1 a gradual increase in loudness, or the moment when a noise or piece of music is at its loudest
2 an increase in excitement, danger or action |
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behavior that is controlled, calm and polite; propriety |
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without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest |
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an angry speech or piece of writing which severely criticizes something or someone |
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shy and not confident of your abilities; lacking self-confidence |
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to (cause a part of the body to) become wider or further open |
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slow and likely to cause delay |
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a person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not very deep |
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a slow sad song or piece of music, sometimes played because someone has died |
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to cause someone no longer to have a wrong idea |
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to see, recognize or understand something that is not clear |
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different in every way; fundamentally different |
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to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts |
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a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without any doubts |
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if someone is dogmatic, they are certain that they are right and that everyone else is wrong |
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to deceive someone, usually by making them do something they did not intend to do
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methods, beliefs, ideas, etc. that are eclectic, combine whatever seem the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system |
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an ability, especially of a medicine or a method of achieving something, to produce the intended result; effectiveness |
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a sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past |
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giving a clear, strong message |
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to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have |
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to name things separately, one by one |
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to speak in a way that is intentionally unclear and confusing to other people, especially to hide the truth |
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irregular, uncertain or without organization in movement or behaviour |
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very unusual; understood or liked by only a small number of people, especially those with special knowledge |
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of a person or their behavior, producing a good opinion; very good |
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a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word |
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to make something which is already bad worse |
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to remove blame from someone; to prove innocent |
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needing urgent attention, or demanding too much from other people |
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1 clear and exact
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a person whose strong admiration for something is considered to be extreme or unreasonable
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with too much decoration or detail |
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to cause trouble to develop; to arouse; to incite |
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careful use of money or food; tendency to be thrifty or cheap |
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(of people) liking to be with other people, or (especially of animals) living in groups |
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clever but sometimes dishonest behavior that you use to deceive someone |
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a person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions |
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always staying calm and controlled, even in difficult situations that would cause anxiety to others |
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describes a person who is not influenced or affected by something |
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1 tending to act on a sudden idea or wish, without considering the results of your actions
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describes (someone who has) strong opinions or feelings which are impossible to change |
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only recently or partly formed, or not completely developed or clear |
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harmful or limiting; hostile; unfriendly |
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