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If push come
to shove

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If the situation deteriorates or becomes desperate, it is how
someone will act when it becomes necessary to do
something difficult

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Bare

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not clothed or covered.

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Exacting toil

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To labor continuously; work strenuously

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Stolid

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Showing little or no emotion or interest

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Callous

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Unfeeling, unsensitive

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Thrumming

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To make a continuous rhythmic humming sound

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Unerringly

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Committing no mistakes; consistently accurate

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Let me get my
bearings

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Figure out one’s position or situation relative to one’s
surroundings

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Iridescent

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Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance

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. Vixen

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A female fox

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Vole

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Any of various rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera
and having a short muzzle and tail and small ears.

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Sterner

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Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character

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Hereby

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By means of / as a result of this

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Rubble

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Broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished

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Elated

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Exultantly proud and joyful.

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Squabbling

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To fight or argue

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Insidious

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Subtle, cunning or treacherous

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Warped

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To alter from a healthy state, twist or pervert

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Dregs

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The least desirable portion of something

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Hilt

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To the limit, completely

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Transfixed

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Render motionless with awe, mesmerised,
hypnotized

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Transfigured

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To change the form or appearance of, to transform

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Fluke

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A chance/accidental occurrence

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Looters

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People who steal

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Cowed
Intimidated, frightened
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Pandemonium
A place of uproar and chaos
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Swain cavorting
Having lively fun with a lover
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Dodgy
Unstable, unreliable, risky
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Rue his promiscuity
To feel regret for his sexual behavior
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Void
Emptiness
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to woo
to seduce, to gain the favor of
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Bereavement
Mourning over the death of someone
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Bleak
Depressing, somber
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Grubby
dirty
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4. Carry on
to keep on living, keep advancing in life
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5. Slipping
pass to a lower standard
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7. Cowardice
lack of bravery
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6. Stems
originate from
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Waifs and strays
abandoned kids/animals
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ticklish
not interested in
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scrawny
to be very skinny
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. Embezzlers
someone who steals or misappropriates money
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A shambles
a state of total disorder
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Wandered off
to walk away
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A daze
a state of stunned confusion
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Scarpered
to run away
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Gibberish
unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense
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To shed some light
to make a situation clearer
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To appear out of the blue
to appear suddenly ou of nowhere
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Culled
send (an inferior or surplus animal on a farm) to be slaughtered
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Rumbled
to discover an illicit activity or its perpetrator
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Filthy
very dirty
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Stench
a very bad smell
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Gallows humour
black humour
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Scheme
a devious plan/ plot
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Walking on quicksand
to get sucked into something
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Jackboot
a military boot
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Endeavours
to make an effort
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Briskly frisks
to search rapidly for something concealed
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Malarkies
insincere talk meant to deceive
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