Lost dogs & lonely hearts 1

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of average size, quality, ability etc
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middling
Rachel Fielding had a middling-to-glamorous career
a coloured line, especially one that is not straight or has been made accidentally, an element or trace of some quality or characteristic.
streak
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streak
Rachel also discovered her first grey streak,
used to emphasize what you are saying in a slightly rude way
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bloody
not having children doesn't mean you can be so bloody selfish'.
if you ____ sb you end a relationship with them
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dump
The sacking, or the dumping, or the grey hair was depressing enough on its own.
to describe a situation or information in a way that is intended to influence the way people think about it
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spin
someone skilled in spinning bad news
literary to have a strong desire for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to get [= long]
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yearn
Rachel longed - yearned- to be lying face down in a puddle of Bailey's ice cream
a type of lawyer in Britain who gives legal advice, prepares the necessary documents when property is bought or sold, and defends people, especially in the lower courts of law
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solicitor
she was sitting on a plastic chair in a solicitor's office
a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership.
As of January 2010, it had 225 branches across the United Kingdom and a 4.3% share of the market, making it the 6th largest grocery retailer in the UK
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waitrose
the arrival of Waitrose was still something of a talking point,
something which a person owns, especially land or shares in a company
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holding
Rachel had just inherited a substantial holding',
to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller
Pol. zanikać
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dwindle
she was headed for a dwindling twilight of dog hair and ready meals for one
the time when day is just starting to become night [= dusk]
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twilight
was headed for a dwindling twilight of dog hair
someone's job, position, or duty [= role]
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capacity
her new capacity as executor
someone who deals with the instructions in someone's will
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executor
her new capacity as executor
the only one
Pol. jedyny
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sole
pretty much sole beneficiary of Dot's estate
sb who receives money or property from sb else who has died
Pol. spadkobierca
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beneficiary
she was pretty much sole beneficiary of Dot's estate
a place where dogs are kept for breeding or are cared for while their owners are away
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kennel
or kennels
Dot's estate, comprising family house, kennels
behaving in a way that is morally wrong [= evil]
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wicked
Oliver's dark-eyed wickedness slid across her mind
a computer program that makes a moving image appear on the screen when the image on it has not changed for a period of time, especially so that the screen does not become damaged
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screensaver
Oliver's dark-eyed wickedness slid across her mind like a masochistic Screensaver
behaviour that makes it seem that someone wants to suffer or have problems
Pol. masochistyczny
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masochistic
a masochistic Screensaver

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