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Poke |
Touch something, someone or oneself with a finger or anything else |
Example: She poked him with her umbrella to wake him. |
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To get the shivers |
to have goosebumps |
Example: She looks like She's getting the shivers |
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To live for it |
To love something |
Example: I live for it! |
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Hook up |
To have sex (mainly), start a relationship, connect or attach. |
Example: If you have a portable printer to hook up to your laptop, even better. |
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Ditch |
Hole in the ground, leave a lover, throw away, abandon an idea (business) |
Example:
1. Let's pull this relationship out of the ditch and get it back on the road.
2. Would he ditch her and run off with the other woman? |
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Sage |
Wise, Wise person or herbal plant (salvia) |
Example:
1. Wendy's mother gave her some sage words of advice.
2. The young man consulted the village sages about his path in life. |
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Bestow |
Reward for, give a compensation, grant |
Example: 1. When will the queen bestow the award? 2. He was ever ready to take blame on himself and bestow praise on others. |
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Praise |
worship, speak highly of someone |
Example:
1. Let us all praise the Lord.
2. She was praised for her volunteer work.
3. Pete was conservative with his praise, so she felt honored. |
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Leave off |
Stop doing, omit, desist, cease |
Example: 1. That's enough, please leave off! 2. I never leave off loving you. 3. It is time that we had uncommon schools, that we did not leave off our education when we begin to be men and women. 4. Leave off hitting him! |
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Spite |
To spite is to treat someone in a mean manner or be hurtful to another, rancor, resentment. |
Example: 1. You want to stay with him, in spite of what he did? 2. In spite of her decision not to, she glanced out of the window. |
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Glance, Glance at |
Look at, look quickly at |
Example: 1. She couldn't help glancing at the clock every five minutes. 2. He had a glance at the newspaper headline. |
