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1 to tell someone that they have done something wrong
2 to advise someone to do something |
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to make unreasonable complaints, especially about things that are not important
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1 to explain something more than necessary
2 (old-fashioned) to hit someone or something hard and repeatedly |
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1 to instruct someone to do something or to behave in a particular way
2 (legal) to legally force someone to do something or stop doing something |
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to strongly encourage or try to persuade someone to do something |
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to talk and behave towards someone in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get them to act or think as you want them to |
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someone who demands that rules and orders always be obeyed, even when it is unnecessary or unreasonable to do so |
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to complain to someone or about something |
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to tell someone that you disapprove of their wrong or foolish behavior |
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smelling extremely bad and stale |
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1 describes something, especially a gas or other substance, that is poisonous or very harmful
2 harmful and unpleasant |
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1 with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval
2 with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely |
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1 not in the intended way
2 in the wrong position |
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to go forward quickly while moving from side to side |
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any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off
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1 to make a carom
2 to strike and rebound |
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not straight or direct |
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to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally |
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1 to turn around and around on a fixed point, usually quickly
2 to dance, especially in a sexual way |
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1 a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost
2 something which is very confusing |
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1 if a river, stream or road meanders, it follows a route which is not straight or direct
2 to walk slowly without any clear direction
3 if a text, process or activity meanders, it has no clear direction
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1 a curve of a river or stream
2 a journey which has no particular direction |
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1 having a sloping direction, angle or position
2 describes remarks which are indirect, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear |
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having a row of sharp points along the edge |
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to walk towards or away from someone, trying not to be noticed |
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moving in a twisting, curving or indirect way, or having many curves |
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1 describing or having small hills and slopes that look like waves
2 moving gently up and down |
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a dangerous or destructive situation in which you become more and more involved without being able to escape |
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(an example of) an indirect way of saying something, especially something unpleasant |
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describes a style or a way of using language that is complicated in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important |
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circumlocutory; roundabout |
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using too many words and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen to; verbose |
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1 (of speech, writing, style, etc.) too serious about its subject matter; boring
2 (of water) not flowing easily
3 (of an organ or living tissue) swollen |
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to prevent further disagreement in arguments or war by giving to the other side an advantage that they have demanded |
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to delay something until a later time; to postpone |
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to satisfy a thirst or a desire |
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1 to make someone feel calm or less worried
2 to make an injury less painful |
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having a pleasant sound |
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1 having a pleasant tune or harmony
2 friendly and peaceful |
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very pleasant to listen to |
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having a deep pleasant sound |
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without money, food, a home or possessions |
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having very little money; poor |
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to give public approval and praise
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a formal expression of high praise; eulogy |
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to praise someone or something in a speech or piece of writing |
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to praise something or someone highly |
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to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future |
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n usually pl
1 patronage; support; sponsorship
2 a favorable sign or propitious circumstance
3 a divination or prognostication, originally from observing birds |
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mysterious and strange, or trying to appear like this |
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someone or a thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad |
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to show or suggest that something, often something unpleasant, will happen |
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1 to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy
2 to foretoken; presage
3 to make a forecast; prophesy |
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knowing or suggesting correctly what will happen in the future |
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a feeling of being uncomfortable physically or mentally, or something that causes this |
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to weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something |
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1 to keep someone within limits or stop their advance
2 to tie someone to a place by putting chains around their ankles |
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1 to defend, secure, or protect
2 to fend off, avert, or prevent
3 (archaic) forbid |
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to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something |
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to slow down or cause problems for the advancement or completion of something |
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to prevent someone from doing something, or to slow down a process or the growth of something |
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