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| v. to move stealthily; to keep oneself concealed in a sinister or cowardly way |
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| v. to put through or sift through mesh; to examine to select or separate |
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| n. Charitable donation or money or food to the poor |
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| n. Destruction; a wreck or wreckage |
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| n. a thick revolving disc used for grinding, sharpening, and polishing |
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| n. Bitterness; anything bitter; impudence; rancor |
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| n. an official order issued by a legal authority; a judgment by a legal court |
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| n. a leisurely or frivolous passing of time; the act or instance of light-hearted flirting |
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| adj. Showing, feeling, or inclined to sexual love |
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| v. to go in a circle or spiral; revolve; whirl |
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| v. fight at close quarters or in close contact |
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| n. A claw, especially of a bird of prey |
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| n. the outer part of a bird’s wing, usually including the flight feathers |
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| n. A device for controlling the flow of liquid in a tap |
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| adj. Fried lightly and then stewed slowly with a little liquid in a closed container |
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| n. a roof covering of straw, reeds, palm-leaves, or similar material (the underside of a projecting roof) |
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| n. a fleshy large fruit with a hard skin; this skin used as a drinking vessel or container |
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| adj. Unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy |
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| n. A storehouse for threshed grain |
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| v. To blow (grain) free of chaff etc. by an air-current |
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| n. A narrow trench made in the ground by a plough; a rut, groove, or deep wrinkle |
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| n. Exuded gas or smoke or vapor, especially when harmful or unpleasant |
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| n. A ridge of grass or corn etc, lying after being cut; a wide path |
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| adj. Coiled or twisted; tangled |
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| v. To collect or scrape together in small quantities |
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| n. A sluggish flow; a deposit of wet mud or slime, especially at the bottom or a river or lake |
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| n. to make a weak, wavering cry; sound made by a goat or sheep |
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| n. a small stream; a goal or destination |
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| n. An enclosed piece of land; a small rented farm in Scotland or northern England |
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| n. Words written in memory or a person who has died, usually a tomb inscription |
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| v. to speak derisively, especially of serious subjects; to mock or be scornful |
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| n. A splendid display; splendor |
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| v. to imbue (or color); to pervade (spread throughout) |
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| adj. Excessively proud or conceited; empty, trivial, unsubstantial; useless |
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| adj. Cannot be taken by force; resistant to attack or criticism |
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| n. A mood or state of mind; each of the four chief fluids of the body (Galen’s theory) |
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| n. Any of a class of sea creatures who lure seafarers to destruction on dangerous rocks with their song |
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