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. to make someone feel that they are going to vomit commencer à apprendre
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it nauseated an entire nation
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to make people understand what you mean without saying it directly commencer à apprendre
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Years later she intimated that President's death had been due to mental anxiety
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a pigeon that is able to find its way home over long distances commencer à apprendre
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Let's realize that criticisms are like homing pigeons.
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very eager to argue or fight with people commencer à apprendre
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he ridiculed a vain, pugnacious politician
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commencer à apprendre
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Lincoln lammed him through an anonymous letter
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feelings of anger and surprise because you feel insulted or unfairly treated; commencer à apprendre
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indignation (at sth /sb) Shields, sensitive and proud, boiled with indignation
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vivid in shocking detail, sensational commencer à apprendre
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That was the most lurid personal incident in Lincoln's life
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to walk first in one direction and then in another many times, especially because you are nervous commencer à apprendre
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(the floor) Lincoln was pacing the floor in despair.
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if you are criticizing sb or sth very severely you are doing it _____ commencer à apprendre
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Half the nation savagely condemned these incompetent generals
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to cover something with a lot of water [= flood commencer à apprendre
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storm clouds deluged the country with rain
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Pol. wyzwać kogoś na pojedynek commencer à apprendre
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he challenged him to fight a duel.
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a road, path, or area that is _____ is impossible to travel along or through commencer à apprendre
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he found a swollen, impassable river in front of him
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a sudden, large increase in a feeling commencer à apprendre
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So, with a surge of high hope, Lincoln ordered Meade not to call a council of war
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if you say or refuse something _____, you do it directly and without trying to explain your reasons commencer à apprendre
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. He refused point-blank to attack Lee
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informal to overcome or outdo commencer à apprendre
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I could have whipped him myself
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if an action, suggestion, plan etc _____ something bad, it has the same effect or is almost as bad; Pol. być równoznacznym z x3 commencer à apprendre
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So this letter coming from Lincoln in 1863 was tantamount to the severest rebuke.
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the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done, or the things that someone says to show disapproval like this: commencer à apprendre
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a loud high sound made because you are frightened, excited, angry [= scream] commencer à apprendre
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the shrieks of the wounded and dying,
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not having courage or confidence [= shy] commencer à apprendre
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Meade's timid temperament
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used to say that what happened in the past should be forgotten commencer à apprendre
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it's water under the bridge Anyhow, it is water under the bridge now.
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to damage something or make it not as good as it should be; commencer à apprendre
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It will impair all his further usefulness as a commander
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