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133 Cards in this Set
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walk of life
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class
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to engender
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to conceive, to get pregnant
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grove
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woods, a small forest
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heath
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bare earth, typical English landscape
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ram
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aries
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fowl
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bird
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to prick
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to erge, to encourage, to prompt
to sting |
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strand
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shore
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to hallow
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to become holy
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sundry
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various
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martyr
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one who suffers for the sake of principle (martyrdom)
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wanton
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permitting oneself more than you should in relations with other people
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licentious
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разгулен, sexually permissive
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lewd
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похотлив, sexually permissive
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lecherous
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развратен, sexually permissive
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lascivious
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сладострастен, будещ страст, sexually permissive
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lustful
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sexually permissive
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lewdness
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похотливост, sexual permissiveness
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lechery
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разврат, sexual permissiveness, the one mentioned in the Bible
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lasciviousness
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похотливост, sexual permissiveness
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mirth
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gaiety, fun
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mirthless
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lacking in joy, sad
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jovial
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mirthful, gay, merry (but for old ppl only)
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mellow
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mild
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glib
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eloquent, but for selfish reasons
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to absolve
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to forgive (to be absolved of your sins)
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penance
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repentence, the act of regret, being sorry
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penitent
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the person who repents
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penitentiary
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jail (because you're suppost to repent there)
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scope
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range of abilities
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verity
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truth
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veritable
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true
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smart
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pain
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to smart
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to suffer, to feel pain
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pins for curls
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little gifts
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to butt
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to hit sth/s.o. hard with horns or head
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leper
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s.o. who has leprosy (прокажен); a disliked person
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wretched
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of low quality, pathetic; to feel wretched - to feel ill, unhappy
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victuals
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food and drink, хранителни продукти
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to poach
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to steal (ideas)
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to romp
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лудувам;
to romp home-to win easily |
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a romp
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prank, game;
easy win |
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lisp
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фъфля, фъфлене
(to pronounce 's' and 'z' sounds with 'th') |
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stout
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big, strong
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sturdy
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muscular, strong
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bruiser
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boxer, wrestler
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leprosy
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an infexious desease that damages the person's nerves and skin
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ostracize
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banish (from society)
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eminent
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notable, prominent, famed, distinguished
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prominent
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bulging, notable
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gutter
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the edge of a road where the rain flows away; an open pipe at the edge of a roof, which carries away the rain
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to accue
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to accumulate, to increase, to pile up
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obsequious
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servile, too eager to obey sb
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miscellaneous
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consisting of various things of different kinds, разнообразен
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miscellany
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mixture
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brethren
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brothers, brotherhood
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to frisk
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to move around in a happy energetic way, to romp
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drawl
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a slow way of speaking; to speak slowly (провлачено)
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affable
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friendly, benevolent, kind
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charitable
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affable, generous, benevolent, well-meaning
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uncharitable
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ruthless, wicked
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benign
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benignant, kind, gentle
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malign
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malignant, evil, wicked
(malignancy) |
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resilient
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жилав, firm, tough, rebounding, elastic
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candid
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sincere, frank
(candour-Br.E, candor-Am.E -frankness, honesty [She spoke with remarkable candour about..) |
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sly
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cunning, craftful, sectretive
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diffident
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timid, bashful, sheepish, reluctant, distrustful, hesitant
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fastidious
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hard to please, absolutely pedantic, over-refined
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meticulous
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pedantically punctual, thorough, careful
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squeamish
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гнуслив, easily upset by things you find gross
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fraudulent
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swindling, tricky, foul
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garrulous
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excessively talkative
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gregarious
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very sociable, communicative, outgoing
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indefatigable
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tireless, determined, never giving up
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gullibility
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naivety
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intrepid
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brave, fearless, lion-hearted
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valiant
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heroic, brave
(valour-Br.E; valor-Am.E) |
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lean
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skinny, мършав
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obese
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too stout (fat);
obesity |
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chaste
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pure, modest, simple
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mercenary
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soldier of fortune (noun)
interested i $ only (adj.) |
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loan shark
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money-lender, usurer
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humility
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being shy and modest
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prudent
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cautios, wary (wariness ≠ weary, weariness)
antonym: rash |
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to caution
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to warn
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pugnacious
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easily infuriated
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belligerent
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easily infuriated, warlike
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inebriated
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drunk, intoxicated
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sparing
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economic, not spending too much
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excessive
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wasteful, spending too much
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stingy
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miserly (old flint like scrooge)
miser->miserliness |
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supercilious
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arrogant, disdainful
надменен, презрителен |
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haughty
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arrogant, disdainful
надменен, презрителен |
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verile
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very masculine, manly
verility |
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zeal
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eagerness, thoroughness,
усърдие |
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zealous
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full of passion, enthusiasm
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zealot
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fanatic
zealotry - fanaticism |
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to depict
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to portray, to sketch
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to delineate
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to sketch
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brawl
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a loud quarrel (after a few drinks)
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to be base of stock
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to be of humble origin
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kin
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relative
(kinsmen and kinswomen) |
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self-conceited
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negative of self-confident
arrogant, supercilious |
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allusion
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implying
намек |
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simile
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[simili]
(лит.) сравнение comparison |
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coup
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coup d'etat
държавен преврат |
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soliloquy
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monologue, speaking to oneself
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odious
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disgusting, vile
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heinous
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disgusting, vile
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contempt
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disdain, superciliousness
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contemptible
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disgusting, vile, odious, heinous
deserving contempt |
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contemptuous
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demonstrating contempt
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petty
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small (petty wits)
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base
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vile, evil, wicked
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to ravish
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to attract greatly, to fascinate
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necromantic
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studying evil and magic
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omnipotent
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(omni-all; potent-able)
all-powerful, almighty |
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to rend
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to tear
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deity
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a divine creature, god
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to levy
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to impose a tax (to levy sb)
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bear the brunt of
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to suffer terribly from
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to waver
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to hesitate
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voluptuous
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lustful
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to congeal
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blood congeals (to clot)
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to dissuade
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antonym: persuade
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glutton
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sb who overeats
gluttony |
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ireful
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wrathful, extremely furious
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irascible
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easily getting furious
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ascension
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the act of souls ascending to heaven
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perpetual
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eternal
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bough
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a branch; a laurel bough
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fiend
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devil, demon
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to exhort
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to encourage
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