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"1. adj. (of a word or expression) coined for one occasion. 2. slang: a person who commits a crime involving sex, especially sex with a child"
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"he was adept at dealing with hecklers" começar a aprender
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someone who interrupts a public speech or performance with loud, unfriendly statements or questions
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to run off; also: to surprise or please someone very much; (US) to kill a person by shooting them
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a feature of defensive architecture, most typically found on the battlements of medieval castles
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"she slumped against the cushions" começar a aprender
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sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply
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"She's continually gloating over/about her new job. I know I shouldn't gloat, but it really serves him right. His enemies were quick to gloat at his humiliation." começar a aprender
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to feel or express great pleasure or satisfaction because of your own success or good luck, or someone else's failure or bad luck
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someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible for them
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"we've been inundated with complaints from listeners" "the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise" começar a aprender
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overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with; flood
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to catch fire. transitive verb.: to set on fire
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"the police struggled to garner sufficient evidence" começar a aprender
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gather or collect (something, especially information or approval)
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"she was resplendent in a sea-green dress" começar a aprender
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attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous
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splendid and expensive-looking; extremely costly, rich, luxurious
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(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige
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uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous
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noisy, energetic, and cheerful; (of weather or water) wild or stormy
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a small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one; dated, British: a rude man
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hit (someone) hard, treat or deal with harshly, to beat or batter to defeat utterly; get hit hard
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funny, exciting, and clever; sparkling or shining brightly
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attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
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wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged
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confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)
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a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations; a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement
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a piece of advice that is also a warning to someone about their behaviour
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"They treated his suggestion with derision." começar a aprender
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the situation in which someone or something is laughed at and considered stupid or of no value
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clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others; (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive
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to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning; create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
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hungry or greedy (archaic•humorous)
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relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress
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grossly unfair and morally wrong; very wrong and unfair
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intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree; literary / archaic: hot, burning, or glowing
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stretched or pulled tight; tense, not relaxed (esp. of muscles, nerves)
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relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases
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present, appearing, or found everywhere; seeming to be everywhere; omnipresent
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involving or requiring strenuous effort and a lot of energy; difficult and tiring
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large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; awkward because of being large, heavy, or not effective
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difficult to move or handle because it is heavy, large, or a strange shape
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"a circuitous route/path a circuitous (= long and indirect) explanation " começar a aprender
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Her remarks could not have been more germane to the discussion começar a aprender
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relevant to a subject under consideration, connected with and important to it
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"he gave a perfunctory nod" começar a aprender
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(of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort
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eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant, unpleasant and likely to argue
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proudly refusing to obey authority; not willing to accept criticism or disapproval
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(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential; only recently formed or started, but likely to grow larger quickly
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admonish (sb for sth / to) "His mother admonished him for eating too quickly. começar a aprender
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to tell someone that they have done something wrong; to advise someone to do something
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dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question
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to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally; make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible; bewilder (sb)
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to stop someone from feeling angry; make (someone) less angry or hostile
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refuse to accept; reject; deny the truth or validity of; to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable:
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a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
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a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge
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without embarrassment or shame; without any worry about possible criticism
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very enthusiastically or passionately
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abandon or leave; renounce or give up (something valued or pleasant)
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suddenly and without planning or order
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mixed up and in no particular order; in / involving confusion or disorder
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a person who has old-fashioned ideas and opinions
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quickly and in all directions
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weak, silly, or emotional
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an expression of surprise
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The whole country had tried to efface the memory of the old dictatorship. começar a aprender
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to remove something intentionally
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make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse
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shock or excite (someone) into taking action
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full of danger or risk; extremely dangerous
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I never felt that my life was in peril. The journey through the mountains was fraught with peril (= full of dangers). Teenagers must be warned about the perils of unsafe sex começar a aprender
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great danger, or something that is very dangerous
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an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; based on how something seems and not on proof
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"The pressures of globalization are filtered and refracted through nation-specific institutions Genres, like records, do not rest in one site, but refract into multiple and successive transfigurations of musical meaning" começar a aprender
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bend light (also sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another
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in a very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable, often worrying way
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"there is no need to be unduly alarmed" começar a aprender
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more than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable; to an unwarranted degree; inordinately, excessively, unproportionally
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move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion (like waves on the sea)
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having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline
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to an unusually or disproportionately large degree; excessively
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death knell (to sound / toll the death knell for) """the internet sounds the death knell of reading"" começar a aprender
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a warning of the end of something, (literally) the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death
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trove (a treasure trove of something) "a treasure trove of information Though small, this museum is a veritable treasure trove of history. " começar a aprender
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a large amount of something good, useful, or valuable, or a place where this can be found
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expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful; eg. people, demands (people who express their opinions and complaints loudly and repeatedly in speech; demands, that are made repeatedly and loudly
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showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense; expressing strong feelings, or shown by strong feelings or great energy or force
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"vast swathes of countryside" These people represent a broad/wide swathe of public opinion. começar a aprender
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a long strip or large area especially of land; a row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped; (literary) a large part of something that includes several different things
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to trawl through data, trawl through a book começar a aprender
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to look through a lot of things in order to find something
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harmful, causing harm or damage
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relating to the (pleasant aspects of the) countryside and country life
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make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper
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rev up (revving up the engine) "The hotel is revving up for the busy summer season começar a aprender
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to become more active, or to make someone or something become more active; to increase the speed of the engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is not moving
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flail (flail about/around) "A wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around. começar a aprender
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(especially of arms and legs) to move energetically in an uncontrolled way
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to make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer or a suggestion of something that is, in fact, unlikely to happen
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"The management has taken a series of expedient measures to improve the company's financial situation. começar a aprender
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helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable or without considering any moral question that might influence your decision
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not known to many people, not discovered or known about; uncertain; not clearly expressed or easily understood; (verb) keep from being seen; conceal
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"to express great joy; (archaic) to abound or grow in profusion, to have something in abundance; overflow
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full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness
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"rumours of a further scandal abound" começar a aprender
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exist in large numbers or amounts, have in large numbers or amounts
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