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