Coming across on Tv 2

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to make other people see or feel a particular quality or idea in the way you behave:
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project
I desperately try to project honesty
awkward and uncomfortabe in the company of other people
nieobyty
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gauche
we chipped away at another tic and mannerism and gaucherie
something that a person does repeatedly with their face, hands, or voice, and that they may not realize they are doing:
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mannerism
we chipped away at another tic and mannerism and gaucherie
to move up and down quickly and gently, especially on the surface of water:
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bob
my crossed legs keep bobbing up and down
to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way:
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clench
my hands are clenched in my lap
to pull and twist something suddenly or violently away from a fixed position:
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wrench
I have wrenched my hands from my lap, but now they are fiddling with my ears.
stupid:
uk informal
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thick
I'm throwing away the ends of my sentences, which sounds as if I think my audience is thick
extremely thin and pale
trupi, wynedznialy, wymizerowany
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cadaverous
If you have a long face, as I have, it makes you look like a cadaverous mule.
to try to change or influence someone:
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mould
Does Diana think it is wicked, I wonder, to mould politicians in this way?
perfect, or complete in every way:
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consummate
Not a consummate professional in the business, but not bad.
to fill or be full to the top:
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brim
I'm brimming with honesty, energy, enthusiasm and enjoyment
speech or writing that is silly or not true:
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twaddle
I'm talking a lot of twaddle, but you'd hardly notice.

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