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the act of spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise: Years of fiscal profligacy have left the country deeply in debt.
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If you muster up a feeling of courage or energy, you try hard to find that quality in yourself because you need it in order to do something: She finally mustered up the courage to ask him for more money.
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likely to result in success, or showing signs of success: With the economy in recession, it was not a propitious time to start a company.
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to express disagreement or complaint: alter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill.
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an apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas The harbor is the site for a new luxury condominium development.
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looking as if you have suffered:
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If an idea or argument is predicated on something, it depends on the existence or truth of this thing: The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four percent.
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to have an often unfair idea of what type someone or something is: He is a film producer who can't be conveniently pigeonholed.
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o move back or away suddenly or react physically because something frightens, disgusts (= shocks), or upsets you: At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
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to deal successfully with a difficult situation or a problem: As a small new company they did well to weather the recession.
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violent hate and anger expressed through severe criticism: He is a writer who has often been criticized by the press but never before with such vitriol.
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to say that someone or something is not good or important: You shouldn't denigrate people just because they have different beliefs from you.
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acting together with others for an illegal or dishonest purpose: A banker and a government minister were in cahoots over a property deal.
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unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying: Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer of people.
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a person who has no home and usually no job, and who travels from place to place They live a vagabond life/existence, travelling around in a caravan.
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able to be seen or understood: The influence of Rodin is discernible in the younger artist.
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a large pipe, usually underground, that is used for carrying waste water and human waste away from buildings to a place where they can be safely got rid of: A complicated system of sewers runs under the city.
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