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1 clear and transparent
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1 allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent
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different from what is typical or usual, especially in an unacceptable way |
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1 apart or detached from others; separate; distinct
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to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed |
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disappointment or annoyance, especially when caused by a failure or mistake |
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a slight feeling of guilt for something you have done or might do |
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a feeling of great regret and guilt for something bad that you have done |
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to show regret for bad behavior by doing something to show you are sorry and by accepting punishment |
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a strange habit or characteristic that is seen as harmless and unimportant |
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to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened; regret |
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fair and reasonable; treating everyone in the same way
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being almost the same or having the same effect as, usually something bad |
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describes a story that is probably not true although often told and believed by some people to have happened |
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a false report or piece of information which is intended to deceive people |
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lack of honesty, especially by saying different things to two people |
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used instead of something else, usually because the other thing is too expensive or rare |
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to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion |
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false and not what it appears to be, or (of reasons and judgments) based on something that has not been correctly understood and therefore false |
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connected with marriage or the relationship between husband and wife, especially their sexual relationship |
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having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood |
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1 a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand
2 a similar attachment on a spinning wheel
3 a woman or women collectively or woman's work.
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(sometimes offensive) noting, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a woman; female |
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describes a marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit |
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the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or country |
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1 a biologically related ancestor
2 a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor |
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a young member of a rich and famous family |
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based too much on fixed beliefs that do not consider practical problems |
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(of speech or writing) expressing or supporting a particular opinion which many other people disagree with |
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a person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too |
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(especially in religion or law) to free someone from guilt, blame or responsibility for something |
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to decide officially in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a particular crime |
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1 to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate
2 to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate |
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to put right a wrong or give payment for a wrong that has been done
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money that someone has to pay to someone else because they have injured them or treated them badly |
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1 to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong
2 to prove that someone is free from guilt or blame, after other people blamed them |
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to laugh, showing pleasure and satisfaction, often at someone else's bad luck
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amusing, especially in an unusual way |
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not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be amusing or to appear clever |
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not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be amusing or to appear clever |
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an insulting remark that is intended to make someone look stupid |
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1 amusing or intended to cause amusement
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amusement or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion |
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stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at; ridiculous |
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joking or laughing at someone in a friendly way |
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a quick and clever remark, often made in answer to a criticism |
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to smile in a foolish or silly way |
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a small and often narrow opening, especially one that allows light into a camera |
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a deep narrow crack in rock or the earth |
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a short pause in which nothing happens or is said, or a space where something is missing |
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a period when a country or organization lacks a leader |
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a very small crack or space |
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a short period of calm in which little happens
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an opening or hole, especially one in the body, such as the mouth |
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a large hole torn in a piece of material
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1 a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant
2 a useful delay before something unpleasant happens |
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1 a large crack in the ground or in rock
2 a serious disagreement which separates two people who have been friends and stops their friendship continuing |
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willing to do things which benefit other people, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself |
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helping people and doing good acts |
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1 describes weather which is pleasant or not severe
2 mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate |
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willingness to give money, or money given to poor people by rich people |
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very kind and generous towards an enemy or someone you have defeated |
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very generous with money |
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extremely generous with time, money, praise, help, etc |
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having an extremely strong desire to obtain or keep wealth; greedy |
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desiring something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else |
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a soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them
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interested only in the amount of money that can be obtained from a situation |
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1 like or typical of someone who has a great desire to possess money and hates to spend it
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1 extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly
2 extremely poor; destitute; indigent
3 poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources |
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having or showing a strong desire to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force |
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1 a venal person is willing to behave in a dishonest or immoral way in exchange for money
2 a venal activity is done in order to obtain money |
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