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  • 121ridicule — rid|i|cule1 [ rıdı,kjul ] noun uncount remarks or behavior intended to make someone or something seem silly by making fun of them in an unkind way: The idea met with such ridicule that it was dropped. object of ridicule (=someone or something… …

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  • 122tease — tease1 [ tiz ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in a friendly or unkind way: I didn t mean it: I was only teasing. tease someone about… …

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  • 123tongue — tongue1 [ tʌŋ ] noun ** ▸ 1 organ in mouth ▸ 2 language ▸ 3 way of speaking/writing ▸ 4 animal tongue as food ▸ 5 long narrow piece ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the long soft piece of flesh attached to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting …

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  • 124harsh — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)ʃ[/t]] harsher, harshest 1) ADJ GRADED Harsh climates or conditions are very difficult for people, animals, and plants to live in. The weather grew harsh, chilly and unpredictable. ...the harsh desert environment. ...after the harsh… …

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  • 125mean — I [[t]mi͟ːn[/t]] VERB USES ♦ means, meaning, meant (Please look at category 19 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) VERB: no cont If you want to know what a word, code, signal, or gesture means, you… …

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  • 126ridicule — [[t]rɪ̱dɪkjuːl[/t]] ridicules, ridiculing, ridiculed 1) VERB If you ridicule someone or ridicule their ideas or beliefs, you make fun of them in an unkind way. [V n] I admired her all the more for allowing them to ridicule her and never striking… …

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  • 127baldies — n. baldy, peron who is bald; one who is balding unkind name and offensive insult)n. baldie, peron who is bald; one who is balding (unkind name and offensive insult) …

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  • 128he doesn't have a jealous bone in his body — he/she doesn t have a [jealous, mean, unkind etc.] bone in his/her body something that you say in order to emphasize that someone is not jealous, mean, unkind etc.. He d never deliberately hurt someone s feelings he doesn t have a mean bone in… …

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