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knock off (v.): to overcome.


                   nightgown (n.): a comfortable gown worn in bed
                   by women.


                   pastime (n.): anything done for recreation or
                   diversion, as a hobby.


                  peak (n.): a mountain with such a pointed summit,
                  the highest point of anything.


                  plentiful (adj.): sufficient or more than enough.

                  powdered (adj.): covered with or in the form of
                  a powder.


                  push around (v.): to give orders in a rude and
                  insulting way.


                  raise (v.): to lift; to elevate.

                  rhetorical figure (n.): characterized by mere rhetoric,
                 or artificial eloquence.

                 self-compassion (n.): sorrow for the sufferings or
                 trouble of oneself.


                 sigh (v.): to take in and let out a long, deep, audible
                 breath.


                 sketchy (adj.): lacking completeness, not detailed.









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