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to constrict (a hollow organ, vessel, etc.) so as to stop the natural flow of air, blood, etc., through it, another word for strangle inizia ad imparare
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enough for it to squeeze its head through in straining, strangulated efforts.
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to give rise to, evoke, to bring light to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction: inizia ad imparare
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Have you managed to elicit a response from them yet? I needed only new means of eliciting them
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a sense of deep regret and guilt for some misdeed, compunction inizia ad imparare
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All these cruelties were no more than a way of making remorse possible
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deeply felt remorse, penitence, Christianity. detestation of past sins and a resolve to make amends, either from love of God (perfect _____) or from hope of heaven (imperfect _____). inizia ad imparare
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my voice tight with contrition: 'I didn't mean it, Sammy.
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Quinn was actually civil to me, even amiable.
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having or displaying a pleasant or agreeable nature, friendly. inizia ad imparare
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Quinn was actually civil to me, even amiable.
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a fictitious reason given in order to conceal the real one, a specious excuse, pretence. inizia ad imparare
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He called me up to his office on the pretext of looking over a report.
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He was his usual disagreeable, cantankerous self.
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a person born of unmarried parents, an illegitimate baby, child, or adult, Informal, offensive. an obnoxious or despicable person. inizia ad imparare
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old bastard had it in for me in
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To treat someone unfairly, to pick on someone Pol. uwziąć się na kogoś x 5 inizia ad imparare
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that old bastard had it in for me in
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not intended for publication or disclosure, confidential inizia ad imparare
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This isn't definite, you understand - off the record and unofficial
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casually unconcerned or indifferent, uninvolved. inizia ad imparare
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Then he turned, with deliberate nonchalance
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to lose (something) temporarily, esp. by forgetting where it is, to lay (something) badly. inizia ad imparare
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We don't want things to get mislaid, do we?'
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Daddy's promotion was on the cards
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abashed or embarrassed, esp. through looking foolish or being in the wrong, resembling a sheep in timidity or lack of initiative. inizia ad imparare
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Hello, darling,' sheepishly, as if she has just woken up
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often foll. by about or around) to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner, to move about without hurrying and in a relaxed and pleasant way Pol. krzątać się (po domu). inizia ad imparare
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Marian likes pottering around the house,
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she tends her ferns and cactuses
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she tends her ferns and cactuses
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to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc.) without authority. inizia ad imparare
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they started to usurp the television
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a central point of attention or interest. inizia ad imparare
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And now it has become the focal point of their lives.
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