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cotton, fibre, nylon, thread, wool ,
landmass - America, Europe, Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Orient, continent, down under, main, mainland, peninsula, subcontinent, the old country
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mince the truth - dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, hem and haw, parry, prevaricate, sidestep, waffle, weasel ,
tickle the palm - approach, bribe, buy, buy off, come across, come through, corrupt, fix, fork over, get at, get to, grease, grease the palm, kick in, pay off,
by all means - OK, Roger, absolutely, all right, alright, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, certainly, clearly, decidedly,
uncompromisingly - downright, firmly, flat, grimly, hardly, point-blank, rigidly, rigorously ,
five - cast, company, complement, crew, eight, eleven, first string, first team, nine, platoon, reserves, rowing crew, second string, second team, squad,
assault sexually - deflower, rape, ravish, take, violate ,
consultative - advisory, didactic, directive, hortatory, instructive, monitory, moralistic, preachy, remonstrative, sententious, warning ,
alight - ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, ardent, bathed with light, bespangled, blazing, bright, brightened, burning, candlelit, climb down, come down, come in,
ill done-by - baffled, baulked, betrayed, blasted, blighted, crestfallen, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed, disillusioned, dissatisfied, foiled, frustrated, let down,
mince the truth - dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, hem and haw, parry, prevaricate, sidestep, waffle, weasel ,
tickle the palm - approach, bribe, buy, buy off, come across, come through, corrupt, fix, fork over, get at, get to, grease, grease the palm, kick in, pay off,
by all means - OK, Roger, absolutely, all right, alright, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, certainly, clearly, decidedly,
uncompromisingly - downright, firmly, flat, grimly, hardly, point-blank, rigidly, rigorously ,
five - cast, company, complement, crew, eight, eleven, first string, first team, nine, platoon, reserves, rowing crew, second string, second team, squad,
assault sexually - deflower, rape, ravish, take, violate ,
consultative - advisory, didactic, directive, hortatory, instructive, monitory, moralistic, preachy, remonstrative, sententious, warning ,
alight - ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, ardent, bathed with light, bespangled, blazing, bright, brightened, burning, candlelit, climb down, come down, come in,
ill done-by - baffled, baulked, betrayed, blasted, blighted, crestfallen, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed, disillusioned, dissatisfied, foiled, frustrated, let down,