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describes things that are organized for the benefit of a few people with special interests or abilities |
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more important or better than others |
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(a person) strongly supporting a particular religious group, especially in such a way as not to be willing to accept other beliefs |
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to spoil something, especially food or blood, by adding a harmful substance, or to spoil people's opinion of someone |
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someone who tells amusing or interesting stories |
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a group of helpers and followers who travel with an important person |
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a young male of the cattle family that has had its sex organs removed, and which is usually kept for meat |
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an adult female chicken which is often kept for its eggs, or the female of any bird |
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a type of large deer with large flat horns and a long nose which lives in the forests of North America, northern Europe and Asia |
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a small black creature with a large head and long tail which lives in water and develops into a frog or toad |
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the movement upward of air or other gas |
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to make someone feel less worried or frightened |
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to think for a long time about things that make you sad, worried or angry
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1 a group of young birds all born at the same time
2 (humorous) a person's young children |
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a piece of a broken glass, cup, container or similar object |
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a small sharp broken piece of wood, glass, plastic or similar material
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1 a very small piece of food
2 a very small piece or amount |
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1 a small irregular piece of something or a small amount of information
2 a fight or argument, especially a quick noisy one about something unimportant
3 old cars and machines or pieces of metal, etc. that are not now needed but have parts that can be used to make other things
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1 to not continue with a system or plan
2 to get rid of something which is no longer useful or wanted, often using its parts in new ways |
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a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting |
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a song, film or piece of writing that praises someone or something very enthusiastically |
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1 a song which has special importance for a particular group of people, an organization or a country, often sung on a special occasion
2 a short religious song sung by a choir with organ music |
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the house in which a rector (= the priest in charge of a parish) lives |
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1 all the weapons and military equipment that a country possesses
2 a place where weapons and other military equipment is stored
3 items or qualities that can be used to good effect in a particular situation |
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1 a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun
2 an adherent of a religion or cult; a worshiper of a particular deity or sacred personage
3 a person who is devoted or addicted to some subject or pursuit
4 a devoted follower or admirer
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1 a priest with different functions depending on the Church
2 a person who acts in place of another; substitute
3 person who is authorized to perform the functions of another; deputy |
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a ruler who has a lot of power, especially one whose power is not limited, for example by the existence of a parliament |
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the quality of lacking care, attention or control, or of not being severe or strong enough |
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1 the ability to float
2 an ability to stay happy despite having difficulties |
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a tendency to do or like something, especially something immoral |
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(a person or thing which causes) a feeling of strong dislike or a lack of willingness to do something |
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1 to stop someone from doing or saying something, or to prevent something from increasing or continuing
2 to leave something with someone at a particular place, so that they can take care of it for a short time3
3 if information checks, it agrees with other information
4 in the game of chess, to put the other player's king under direct attack, so that the other player is forced to defend against the attack in their next move |
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extremely unpleasant and shocking, and usually dealing with death or injury |
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1 describes a time that is very inconvenient because it is too early in the morning or too late at night
2 strange in a mysterious and sometimes frightening way |
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powerful; mighty; potent |
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1 weak and without energy, strength or power
2 not effective or good |
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