The remains of the day 2

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When you search into a question closely to find out facts about it, you ____ it.
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probe
I probed it for every sort of oversight
If a person is ____, they are tolerant of opposing viewpoints, not prejudiced against people.
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broadminded
I undertook for myself a number of duties which is most broad-minded of a butler to do.
If sb is below the standard he is expected, he is _____.
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below par
below /under
an employee is below par
If sth is ____ of different things, it is a mixture of different things.
to make something worse by increasing or adding to it:
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compounded
Lack of rain compounded the problems farmers are having.
I was especially conscious that any resistance there may be on the part of Mrs Clements, or the two girls, to the taking on of duties beyond their traditional boundaries would be compounded by any notion that their workloads had greatly increased
To ____ sth, such as energy, time, money, means to use it or spend it.
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expend
I expended a significant amount of thought to it
A heavy load that is difficult to carry is called a _____.
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burden
I would find the division of duties stimulating and unburdensome
If sth is hard to deal with, worrying, it is _____.
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burdensome
I would find the division of duties unburdensome
Someone’s faults or weaknesses which they have are their ____.
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shortcomings
an obvious shortcoming to a staff plan
requiring strict attention to rules, procedure, detail.
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stringent
I did not perhaps assess quite as stringently my own limitations
To remain means to...
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abide
abiding thought
An _____ thought, feeling, memory is one that you have for a very long time.
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abiding
abiding thought
If you _____ with a course of action, you continue with it.
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proceed
There were various aspects I needed to clarify to myself before proceeding further
A room in the house where people sit and relax is called a ____.
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lounge
it might well be appropriate for evenings in the lounge
To put on an article of clothing is to ____ it.
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don
I were to don the suit
Pol. ponieść (koszty).
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incur
the costs I might incur
Your _____ is the clothes that you a wearing. Also a verb.
A formal word (old fashioned
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attire
it is important that one be attired in a manner worthy of one's position
If you _____ from doing sth, you don’t do it because you are afraid.
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shy
she never shied from showing the kind appreciation
Sth tending to call or summon up (a memory, feeling), esp. from the past, is ____.
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evocative
photographs were even more evocative
An idea or belief about sth is a ____.
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notion
my growing excitement at the notion that I mightundertake a trip
A sudden and often passing fanciful idea, impulsive or irrational thought.
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whim
a whim of the moment

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