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the possibility that something good might happen in the future
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prospect
having (legal) responsibility for something or someone
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liable
sad and without hope
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downcast = blue
something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits
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constraint
to represent a quality or an idea exactly
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embody
a short, thin piece of wire used to fasten sheets of paper together. It has sharp ends that are pushed through the paper and then bent flat by a special devices
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staple
the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation
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despair
boring and making you feel unhappy
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dreary
making you feel weak and without energy
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enervating
to look at and study something, usually a book or document, carefully
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pore over sth
not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you
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oblivious
a person connected with another in a particular activity
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bedfellow
a flat piece of glass, used in a window or door
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pane
to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural
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distort
extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable
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sublime
to do something that might be very dangerous for you
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do something at your peril
great danger, or something that is very dangerous
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peril
a green, brown, or dark red plant that grows in the sea or on land very close to the sea
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seaweed
(of a person) not friendly and pleasant
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uncongenial
the ropes that support and control a ship's sails
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rigging
a black substance, sticky when hot, used especially for making roads
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tar
a lot less
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not nearly as/so
involved in something or affected by it
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concerned
to repeat something you have heard, or to broadcast a signal, message, or programme on television or radio
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relay
a rise in the amount or size of something
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increase (of, in)
to go or make a path by moving quickly and changing direction often, especially to avoid hitting things
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weave through/between/in and out of
to go onto someone's land or enter their building without permission
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trespass
a special strip of a road, sports track, or swimming pool that is used to keep vehicles or competitors separate
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lane
to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have
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emulate
to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something
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impede
to control the actions or behaviour of someone by force, especially in order to stop them from doing something, or to limit the growth or force of something
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restrain
a small object used to mark someone's place in some games played on boards
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counter
to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something
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counter (with)
to end an activity or custom officially
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abolish
the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc., especially for political reasons
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exile

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