The remains of the day 4

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. A manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothes, etc.
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valet
he travelled to America as valet to Sir Reginald
A noisy quarrel, brawl.
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fracas
a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of fracas
A method or carrying a resisting person in which each limb is held by one person and the victim is carried horizontally and face downwards.
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frog-march
the fellow was frogmarched to the nearest police station.
A clever or witty remark.
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witticism
I thought of other witticisms.
Amusement which you express by laughing; literary word.
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mirth
He didn't restrain any spontaneous mirth
If a feeling or action is ____, you are critical of it because you think it is inappropriate.
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misplaced
I did not wish Mr Farraday to restrain any spontaneous mirth he felt out of a misplaced respectfulness.
If you decide not to continue an activity, you _____ to it.
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call a halt
I decided to call a halt to the matter
If you deal with sth, you _____ to it.
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attend to
I pretended to remember something I had urgently to attend to excused myself
If you are preoccupied, lost in thought, you are _____.
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bemused
my employer looked rather bemused
If sth happens ______, it happens in a particular (similar, corresponding) way.
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along these lines
I have not really made further attempts along these lines.
If sth happened recently, it happened _____.
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of late
his increased persistence of late
To confirm or support (facts, opinions), esp. by providing fresh evidence is to _____ them.
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corroborate
Pol. dwuznaczność, niejasność.
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ambiguity
I indicated without ambiguity that I had made a witticism
Accustomed to doing sth is ____ to do it.
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wont
they are wont to do when gathered together
To pretend to be (another person); to imitate the character, mannerisms of (another person).
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impersonate
his well-known repertoire of impersonations of prominent gentlemen
A spirit of familiarity and trust existing between friends.
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camaraderie
There existed in those days a true camaraderie in our profession
Opposite to prior.
Pol. późniejszy.
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subsequent
Sir James's subsequent stay.
If you guess sth, learn from the information give, conclude or assume, you _____.
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gather
I gathered that he was no longer in Sir James's employ
To be employed by sb and work for them means to be in their _____.
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employ
Mr Graham was no longer in Sir James's employ
Pol. nitka, wątek (rozmowy, itp.).
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thread
let me return to my original thread
If you ____ sth, you say it again or emphasise it.
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reiterate
Mr Farraday reiterated his generous offer to 'foot the bill for the gas'
If you ____ that sth is done or if you _____ to it that it is done, you make sure that it is done.
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see
I would also need to see to the matter of the costumes.
Pol. podjąć się, przedsięwziąć (sth), wyruszyć (
a journey
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undertake
I would undertake this trip

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