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1. if you are ________, your name is on a list of people who want to do sth or are intended to do sth start learning
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Why would Daddy be naked when he's got his name down for a nice bungalow
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to repair a hole in a piece of clothing by stitching wool over it start learning
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The first scene in the hospital room features a man darning something.
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to give someone drugs to make them calm or to make them sleep start learning
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The doctor says that Hyacinth's father will not be aware very much because he is sedated
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a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay start learning
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Hyacinth wonders whether Daddy should be in a ward with a person who wears a hat.
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a small black and white North American animal that produces a strong unpleasant smell if it is attacked or afraid start learning
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Answering Hyacinth's question about her father's conditions he was in when he was admitted to hospital, Mr Oxley replied that he was drunk as a skunk
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to become red in the face, for example when you are angry or embarrassed start learning
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he was flushed from excessive cycling
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chilly weather or places are cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable start learning
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it was quite a chilly evening
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Her father is said to have been plastered
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count how many times someone's heart beats in a minute, usually by feeling their wrist start learning
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The doctor is examining the patient by feeling the pulse
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to go in a particular direction while moving unsteadily from side to side Pol. chwiać się, kiwać się start learning
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Her father is said to have been that plastered that he wobbled into the canal
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a situation when a ship, aircraft etc is in danger and needs help start learning
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He saw a person in distress
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a piece of clothing (referring to one thing you wear) start learning
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He removed his outer garments
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start learning
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He removed his outer garments
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start learning
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if a solid dissolves, or if you dissolve it, it mixes with a liquid and becomes part of it start learning
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His clothes were dissolved by pollution
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old-fashioned to look after someone or something start learning
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The doctor says he must tend to his other patient
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brave and determined - often used in newspapers start learning
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Hyacinth does not understand why her father is heavily sedated after such a plucky act.
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especially British English used to tell someone that you are not going to tell them something because it is private or secret start learning
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