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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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to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole
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 hesistate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline |
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a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
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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necessary, urgent
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 illness 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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to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully
property stolen by force |
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to smile or speak in a silly, forced way
a silly, forced smile |
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| firmly fixed; 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 sray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit |
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| twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
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