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| to adjust or change to suit conditions |
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| to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine |
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| (v.) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
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| the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity |
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| to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitateingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline |
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| (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous |
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| totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless |
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| chillingly proud and scornful |
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| a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle |
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| (adj.) necessary, urgent; (n.) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required |
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| to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry |
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| to pretend ilness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job |
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| short but full of meaning and point |
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| (v.) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n.) property stolen by force |
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| (v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile |
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| firmly fized; constant, not moving or changing |
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| much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way |
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| to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
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| a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit |
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| twisted, truned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
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