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If you ate so much, and excreted so much, what exactly happened to the balance?
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a piece of equipment or machinery that looks funny, strange, and unlikely to work well start learning
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an amazing contraption of a weighted chair suspended from a steelyard scale.
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Pol. waga pozioma z przesuwanym ciężarkiem start learning
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very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly Pol. drobiazgowy, skrupulatny start learning
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he weighed himself, his food and his drink meticulously.
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the written abbreviation of 'pound' (Latin: libra) start learning
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man might lose 50oz in perspiration as he slept, or 5lbs a day
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careful not to have too much food, drink start learning
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abstemious diets and lifestyles
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a woman who is _____ has large breasts and a soft curved body start learning
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Rubens was delighted in painting voluptuous women.
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a British unit for measuring weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms start learning
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Few of his models would weigh less than 15 stone.
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to weigh a particular amount, used especially of someone who will be taking part in a sports competition start learning
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the Rokeby Venus would certainly have tipped the scales at 16 stone.
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to honour or respect someone or something because they are old, holy, or connected with the past start learning
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Yet those paintings are venerated as some of the most beautiful in the world.
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a state in which something becomes bad or does not work as well as it should, nonsense start learning
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The rot started 100 years ago
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men began to make lace-up whalebone corsets
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a man who spends a lot of time and money on his clothes and appearance start learning
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The London dandy reduced his weight from 12 stone to 10 stone 13 lbs.
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a person who makes excessive profits, esp. by charging exorbitant prices for goods in short supply start learning
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Science, or rather pseudo-science in the hands of profiteers
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ozonotherapy which involved subcutaneous injections
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to have a strong bad smell [= stink] start learning
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hot baths reeking with the beneficial and radiated ozone
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literary a drink intended to have a special or magical effect on the person who drinks it, or which is intended to poison them start learning
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there have been countless ‘magic’ pills and potions
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the condition of being mentally healthy, good sense or soundness of judgement start learning
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Then sanity arrived in the unlikely form of the Women’s League for Health and Beauty.
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a sudden feeling of pain, sadness start learning
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Dieting is difficult when hunger pangs nag and your self-esteem is low
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a solution to a problem that can be done quickly, but is not a good or permanent solution start learning
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the quick-fix promise of instant weight-loss is still just a quick-rich confidence trick.
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a dishonest trick played on sb in order to get their money [= con] start learning
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the quick-fix promise of instant weight-loss is still just a quick-rich confidence trick.
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to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way: start learning
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Another therapist advocated electric shocks to galvanise muscles into activity
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a... is also the amount of something that you have left after you have spent or used up the rest: start learning
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If you ate so much, and excreted so much, what exactly happened to the balance?
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to criticize or complain often in an annoying way, especially in order to try and make someone do something: start learning
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Dieting is difficult when hunger pangs nag
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