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| to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc. |
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| in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway. |
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| a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like. |
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| harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity. |
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| lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation. |
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| a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war. |
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| expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody. |
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| to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack. |
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| to cut or chop into very small pieces. |
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| to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction. |
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| Interest in or behavior directed toward others or one's environment rather than oneself. |
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| To exceed something else in weight. |
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| to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture. |
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| a highest point or state; culmination. |
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| the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair. |
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| wandering, roving; vagrant. |
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