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| to choose your words carefully so that you say exactly what you mean |
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27513
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| when all the easy answers to a problem have not worked, and something else must be tried |
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27383
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| to accept that somebody has told the truth or behaved well because you cannot prove that they have not |
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27353
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|
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| to have no money because of a period of bad luck |
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26252
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| (of a person) mentally ill; very silly |
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26249
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| (disapproving) to show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long time |
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26248
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