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| excessive admiration or praise |
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| A flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something |
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| to spread quietly but insistently |
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| the exaggeration of certain typical details of a face/policy/work of art, usually for amusing/satiric effect |
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| the speed or swiftness in a qualitative/literary sense |
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| to make up for/pay/remunerate |
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| Excessive pride in oneself |
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| An official order or proclamation |
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| A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died |
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| to roll out very gradually, by slow/steady improvement |
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| to overstate/magnify/inflate |
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| a person appointed to administer affairs |
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| an exaggerated sense of bigness, importance, or magnitude of a plan/dream/undertaking |
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| the act of admiring strongly |
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| to pierce, thrust through |
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| to pay/agree to pay for losses he/she may suffer on your account |
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| to use indirect means to accomplish something |
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| formal/somewhat pretentious pronouncement for all to see |
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| confusing because it merges two metaphors |
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| person of low intelligence/fool |
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| a person/thing of no importance |
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| A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something |
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| repetition or determined continuance |
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| oral announcement with authority (often with joy) |
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| to make known/spread widely |
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| statement from an authority, after careful consideration |
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| to spread/promote especially by dedicated persons |
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| to follow up/through with something that needs to be done |
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| to provide compensation in the form of good/evil |
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| to pay back money someone has spent for you |
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| to pay in some way for damage one has done/caused to someone else |
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| to revive/bring back to life |
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| a small body revolving around a larger one; a person/group/nation dependent on a larger one |
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| an ancient rolled manuscript |
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| the supreme ruler/monarch |
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| to carry out in a simple, direct manner |
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| the emotional expression of being pierced with shock |
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| Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements |
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| the speed/rate of motion in a quantitative sense |
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