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of average size, quality, ability etc commencer à apprendre
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Rachel Fielding had a middling-to-glamorous career
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a coloured line, especially one that is not straight or has been made accidentally, an element or trace of some quality or characteristic. commencer à apprendre
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Rachel also discovered her first grey streak,
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used to emphasize what you are saying in a slightly rude way commencer à apprendre
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not having children doesn't mean you can be so bloody selfish'.
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if you ____ sb you end a relationship with them commencer à apprendre
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The sacking, or the dumping, or the grey hair was depressing enough on its own.
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to describe a situation or information in a way that is intended to influence the way people think about it commencer à apprendre
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someone skilled in spinning bad news
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literary to have a strong desire for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to get [= long] commencer à apprendre
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Rachel longed - yearned- to be lying face down in a puddle of Bailey's ice cream
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a type of lawyer in Britain who gives legal advice, prepares the necessary documents when property is bought or sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law commencer à apprendre
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she was sitting on a plastic chair in a solicitor's office
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a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. As of January 2010, it had 225 branches across the United Kingdom and a 4.3% share of the market, making it the 6th largest grocery retailer in the UK commencer à apprendre
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the arrival of Waitrose was still something of a talking point,
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something which a person owns, especially land or shares in a company commencer à apprendre
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Rachel had just inherited a substantial holding',
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to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller commencer à apprendre
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she was headed for a dwindling twilight of dog hair and ready meals for one
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the time when day is just starting to become night [= dusk] commencer à apprendre
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was headed for a dwindling twilight of dog hair
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someone's job, position, or duty [= role] commencer à apprendre
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her new capacity as executor
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someone who deals with the instructions in someone's will commencer à apprendre
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her new capacity as executor
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commencer à apprendre
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pretty much sole beneficiary of Dot's estate
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sb who receives money or property from sb else who has died commencer à apprendre
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she was pretty much sole beneficiary of Dot's estate
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a place where dogs are kept for breeding or are cared for while their owners are away commencer à apprendre
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or kennels Dot's estate, comprising family house, kennels
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behaving in a way that is morally wrong [= evil] commencer à apprendre
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Oliver's dark-eyed wickedness slid across her mind
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a computer program that makes a moving image appear on the screen when the image on it has not changed for a period of time, especially so that the screen does not become damaged commencer à apprendre
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Oliver's dark-eyed wickedness slid across her mind like a masochistic Screensaver
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behaviour that makes it seem that someone wants to suffer or have problems commencer à apprendre
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a masochistic Screensaver
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