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a hot, steady wind that blows from the desert of North Africa to Southern Europe
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using your authority in an unreasonable way, without considering other people's feelings or opinions
(adverb): highhandedly (Noun): highhandedness
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v. if something, especially something bad, recurs, it happens again or happens several times
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n. a small room or large cupboard for storing food in a house
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adj. believing or feeling something very strongly and sincerly
adv. fervently
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v. to succeed in getting imformation or reaction from someone, especially when this is difficult
n. elicitation
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n. a bright cirlce of light
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1. faithful and very loyal
2. being certain that you are right about somehting and refusing to change your opinion in any way
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v. to give official permission for something
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1. a very dangerous or frightening situation
2. a deep empty hole in the ground
3. a very big difference that separates two people or groups
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1. having a strong influence or effect
2. showing strong, serious feelings
3. showing great knowledge and understanding
4. deep or far below the surface of something
syn: deep, intelligent
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n. a bent tube used for getting liquid out of a container
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1. to remove liquid from a container by using a siphon
2. to dishonestly take money from a busniness
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1. a person who carries a torch.
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adj. full of strong feeling and emotion
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v. to cause trouble and make people start fighting each other or opposing the government
n. fomentation
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a direct route traveled quickly (usually in the phrase make a beelinefor)
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adj. thinking a lot about something, especially because you are worried or sad
adv. pensively
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v. to show that you are very happy and proud, especially because you have succeeded in doing something
n. exultation
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v. to make unnecessary complaints about someone or something
n. cavil
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adj. very noisy, because a lot of people are laughing or shouting
adv. uproariously
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v. to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about
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n. an area of land that is far from the coast, large rivers, or the places where people live
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adj. very formal and careful in the way you speak and behave, and easily shocked by anything rude
adv. primly
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1. to step heavily on something, so that you crush it with your feet
2. to behave in a way that shows that you do not care about someone's rights or feelings
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n. a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it
v. to wash something with a lot of water
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