Vocabulary

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to excuse (someone); to give a holiday to; to make (someone) rest

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to stick to; to cling to

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to be hurried; to be hastened; to be hard pressed

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to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry

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to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

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to rescue; to free

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to pick up and rescue

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to rot; to decay

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to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to fall to ruins; to rust away

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to want; to wish for

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to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up

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to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)

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to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying

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to cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

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to break down crying

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to spend one's days in tears; to weep day and night; to live in sorrow

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to weep the night away; to cry all night long

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to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way

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to shed tears; to be moved to tears

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to abandon oneself to grief

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to give

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to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

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to offer; to present; to submit; to supply; to make available

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

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to tremble with fear

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to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to feel small

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to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)

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to pick up (with chopsticks); to take

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to straighten; to correct; to cure

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to set up again; to correct; to cure

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to threaten; to terrify; to frighten

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to be amused or interested in; to show amusement (for)

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to amuse oneself; to make merry

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to rise; to flourish

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to lose interest; to be dampened (of enjoyment, interest, etc.); to fall flat; to turn sour

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to be astonished; to be amazed

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to look up (at); to look upwards

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to look up

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to bend backwards; to bend oneself back

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