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n.
state of being unable to pay your debts


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n.
game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players; ball used in this game


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v.
beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence


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n.
sharp and bitter manner


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v. Syn. support; reinforce
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion


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n. Syn. link; tie; connection
link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty


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n. Syn. kindness; virtue
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving


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n. Syn. bunch
small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present


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n.
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction


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n.
opportunity to do something; pause or interval, as from work; sudden change


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