Shuttlecock 2

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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
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strangulate
enough for it to squeeze its head through in straining, strangulated efforts.
to give rise to, evoke, to bring light
to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction:
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elicit
Have you managed to elicit a response from them yet?
I needed only new means of eliciting them
a sense of deep regret and guilt for some misdeed, compunction
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remorse
All these cruelties were no more than a way of making remorse possible
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 _____).
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contrition
my voice tight with contrition: 'I didn't mean it, Sammy.
polite or courteous
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civil
Quinn was actually civil to me, even amiable.
having or displaying a pleasant or agreeable nature, friendly.
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amiable
Quinn was actually civil to me, even amiable.
a fictitious reason given in order to conceal the real one, a specious excuse, pretence.
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pretext
He called me up to his office on the pretext of looking over a report.
quarrelsome, irascible.
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cantankerous
He was his usual disagreeable, cantankerous self.
a person born of unmarried parents, an illegitimate baby, child, or adult, Informal, offensive. an obnoxious or despicable person.
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bastard
old bastard had it in for me in
To treat someone unfairly, to pick on someone
Pol. uwziąć się na kogoś x 5
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have it in for sb
that old bastard had it in for me in
not intended for publication or disclosure, confidential
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off the record
This isn't definite, you understand - off the record and unofficial
casually unconcerned or indifferent, uninvolved.
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nonchalant
Then he turned, with deliberate nonchalance
to lose (something) temporarily, esp. by forgetting where it is, to lay (something) badly.
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mislay
We don't want things to get mislaid, do we?'
possible or likely.
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on the cards
Daddy's promotion was on the cards
abashed or embarrassed, esp. through looking foolish or being in the wrong, resembling a sheep in timidity or lack of initiative.
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sheepish
Hello, darling,' sheepishly, as if she has just woken up
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).
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potter around
Marian likes pottering around the house,
to care for
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tend
she tends her ferns and cactuses
Pol. paproć.
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fern
she tends her ferns and cactuses
to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc.) without authority.
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usurp
they started to usurp the television
a central point of attention or interest.
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focal point
And now it has become the focal point of their lives.

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