The Inheritance Of Loss

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Flout

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If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it. VERB

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suffuse

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1.If something, especially a colour or feeling, suffuses a person or thing, it gradually spreads over or through them.

2.If something such as a book, film, or piece of music is suffused with a quality, it is full of that quality.

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Mull

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If you mull something, you think about it for a long time before deciding what to do.

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mull over

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If you mull something over, you think about it for a long time before deciding what to do.

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weeds

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A weed is a wild plant that grows in gardens or fields of crops and prevents the plants that you want from growing properly.

Weed is a plant that grows in water and usually forms a thick floating mass. There are many different kinds of weed.

If you weed an area, you remove the weeds from it.

People sometimes refer to tobacco or marijuana as weed.

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weed out

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If you weed out things or people that are useless or unwanted in a group, you find them and get rid of them.

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Propeller

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A propeller is a device with blades which is attached to a boat or aircraft. The engine makes the propeller spin round and causes the boat or aircraft to move.

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Cosmos

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The cosmos is the universe

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Whiff

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If there is a whiff of a particular smell, you smell it only slightly or only for a brief period of time, for example as you walk past someone or something.

A whiff of something bad or harmful is a slight sign of it.

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segue /s'eɡweɪ/

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If something such as a piece of music or conversation segues into another piece of music or conversation, it changes into it or is followed by it without a break.

Segue is also a noun.

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dorm

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A dorm is the same as a dormitory.

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dormitory

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a room for several people to sleep in, especially in a school or other institution

hall of residence

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Tart

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A tart is a shallow pastry case with a filling of food, especially sweet food

If something such as fruit is tart, it has a sharp taste.

A tart remark or way of speaking is sharp and unpleasant, often in a way that is rather cruel.

If someone refers to a woman or girl as a tart, they are criticizing her because they think she is sexually immoral or dresses in a way that makes her look sexually immoral.

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tart up

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If someone tarts up a room or building, they try to improve its appearance, often with the result that it looks vulgar.

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Tether

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If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.

A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area.

If you tether an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far.

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Rusty

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A rusty metal object such as a car or a machine is covered with rust, which is a brown substance that forms on iron or steel when it comes into contact with water.

If a skill that you have or your knowledge of something is rusty, it is not as good as it used to be, because you have not used it for a long time.

Rusty is sometimes used to describe things that are reddish-brown in colour.

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Crumble

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If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.

If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.

If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end.

If someone crumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.

A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.

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alcove

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An alcove is a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.

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Hush

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You say `Hush!' to someone when you are asking or telling them to be quiet.

If you hush someone or if they hush, they stop speaking or making a noise.

You say there is a hush in a place when everything is quiet and peaceful, or suddenly becomes quiet.

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hush up

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If someone hushes something up, they prevent other people from knowing about it.

If people in authority hush someone up, they try to stop that person revealing information which they want to keep secret.

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dusk

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Dusk is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark.

The dusk is the dull, shadowy light there is at dusk.

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Tedious

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If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating.

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decrepit

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Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak. ADJ ADJ-GRADED
The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
...a decrepit old man.

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skid

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ynonyms:
verb: slip, slide
skids plural, 3rd person present; skidding present participle; skidded past tense, past participle
If a vehicle skids, it slides sideways or forwards while moving, for example when you are trying to stop it suddenly on a wet road. VERB
The car pulled up too fast and skidded on the dusty shoulder of the road. V
The plane skidded off the runway while taking off in a snow storm. V prep
Skid is also a noun. N-COUNT
I slammed the brakes on and went into a skid.
If you say that something is on the skids, you believe that it is out of control and certain to fail. PHRASE v-link PHR informal
His career is on the skids.
...my marriage was on the skids.