Corduroy Mansion 5.1

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. the ordinary workers in a factory, rather than the managers
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factory floor
any factory floors remained
attention or effort over a long period of time
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application
still it required a measure of talent, and considerable application.
a substance in some foods that cleans the body and protects it from cancer
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antioxidant
antioxidant News
formal to find out something
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acertain
and Jo, as far as anybody could ascertain, read nothing at all.
remarks, jokes etc that are ____ deal with sex in a very rude and offensive way
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vulgar
a vulgar tradition of plastering naked women across page three of the Sun.
to completely cover a surface with something, especially large pieces of paper, pictures etc
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plaster
a tradition of plastering naked women across page three of the Sun.
wearing a particular kind of clothing;
Pol. ubrany
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clad
The Rural Living girls could not have been more different from their less-clad counterparts
sb or sth that has the same job or purpose as sb or sth else in a different place;
Pol. odpowiednik
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counterpart
less clad counterparts
a big difference between two people, groups, or things;
Pol. odchłań
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chasm
they were separated by social and cultural chasms
. a building where monks or nuns live
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cloister
one might be featured in a cloister
polite, gentle, or graceful; old, fashioned from or relating to a good social class;
Pol. szlachecki
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genteel
where genteel penury was the order of the day
formal the state of being very poor [= poverty]
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penury
genteel penury
a set of clothes worn together, especially for a special occasion
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outfit
the outfits were once again à la mode.
old, fashioned fashionable
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a' la mode
the outfits were once again à la mode.
a person who is engaged to be married
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fiancè
None of the fiancés was unsuitable
if two people are ____, they have agreed to marry
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engaged
The engaged girls had their pictures in the magazine
to _____ power or influence is to have a lot of power or influence, and to use it
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wield
These photographers wielded considerable power
to make remarks or jokes that show you think someone or something is silly or useless [= mock]
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deride
the act of deriding, mockery or scorn.
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derision
she was an object of derision.
if someone is possessed, their mind is controlled by something evil;
Pol. opętany
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possessed
the eyes of one possessed
continuing all the time without changing or stopping [= continuous]; permanent
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perpetual
his wife was portrayed as having a perpetually open mouth
___ to do sth is to not do sth, either because you forgot or deliberately
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omit
he omitted to turn on the anti-red-eye device
to the degree that:
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insofar as
She had done her best to comfort him, insofar as she was able.

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