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confine
A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by metal chain: a handcuff. |
limit / restrict
be confined to sth |
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abbreviation
Don't let dictionary abbreviations put you off. |
n) a short form of a word or expression
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emancipate
when you emancipate someone, you are taking him "from the hands of" someone else. the emancipation of slaves. |
V) formal to make someone free from social, political, or legal restrictions that limit what they can do.
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manuscript
when you finish your first novel, your publisher will see your manuscript. - original manuscript. |
n) A book or piece of writing before it is printed.
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stuffy
you know when a word sounds natural and when it sounds stuffy. it is getting stuffy in here. |
a) stuffier / stuffiest
someone who is stuffy is too formal and has old-fashioned ideas. |
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elated
Aristophanes said, "By words, the mind is excited and the spirit elated." |
adj) extremely happy and excited, especially because you have been successful.
V) elate : to fill with high spirit. |