liqueur
/ɫɪˈkɝ/
noun
strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
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1- Is it a liqueur?
2The gin-based liqueur was invented sometime between 1823 and 1840 by James Pimm, the owner of many oyster bars in London.
3Then, they prepare special cakes and rice liqueur.
4Then, they prepare special cakes and rice liqueur.
5Irish cream liqueur over it.
liquor
/ˈɫɪkɝ/
noun
any kind of distilled alcoholic drink
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1Is this liquor?
2Hard liquor is your vodka.
3but I like liquor.
4But liquor before beer explains my career.
5- 25. - $25. - Where's the liquor?
to liquidate
/ˈɫɪkwɪˌdeɪt/
verb
eliminate by paying off (debts)
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1You liquidate it all.
2On the 10th of May, 1940, the camp was liquidated.
3They can't liquidate these mortgages fast at all.
4So his bank is liquidated.
5And I liquidated at $19,000.
to liquefy
/ˈɫɪkwəˌfaɪ/
verb
become liquid or fluid when heated
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1And so in something like a cookie, the sugar will liquefy.
2You liquefied his insides at this point.
3Ooh, this really liquefied.
4This can liquefy an aphid within 90 seconds.
5It liquefied - Mm-hm.
warrant
/ˈwɔɹənt/
noun
an order issued by a judge that authorizes the police to carry out certain measures
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1High fevers probably warrant a call, as do fevers with a headache, sore neck, or rash.
2Earaches, bad sore throats, and pain/redness/swelling of joints all warrant a call.
3Forget warrants.
4But a first look always warrants a second.
5Traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice warrant the Tribal Court's exercise of jurisdiction in this case.
wary
/ˈwɛɹi/
adjective
exercising care due to thinking that someone or something could be dangerous or problematic
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1Even so, local government officials have remained wary.
2But the authorities were more wary.
3Fourth, collaborate with other people, and fifth, be wary of perfectionism.
4As a male approaches, the woodland troop is wary.
5And others were always wary.
warily
/ˈwɛɹəɫi/
adverb
in a careful manner, with a sense of caution and suspicion
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1Jarrett looked to the instrument a little warily, played a few notes, walked around it, played a few more notes, muttered something to his producer.
2And for some years he wanted the United States to engage in this, and we warily have never accepted that formulation.
3We all know a friend or family member who has grandma’s ashes sitting on the mantelpiece, and we probably give it a wide berth - and stare warily every time the cat gets a little too close.
4They warily headed back outside to continue the search, but as the investigators came across Todd's looming shipping container and went to take a closer look, they were suddenly chilled to the bone by a strange noise.
5One of the main food ingredients that people tend to react to warily these days is flour With its abundance of carbohydrates, added sugar and gluten, foods made with wheat flour such as bread tend to be the first thing to get cut from your meal plan when starting a new diet.
to abet
/əˈbɛt/
verb
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
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1- They are aiding and abetting me in my healthy habits.
2The law should not be aiding and abetting this new intolerance.
3The government prosecuted the seven leaders of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee, as well as Jimmy Omura, for conspiring to counsel, aid, and abet the draft resisters.
4aiding and abetting the confederacy, and inciting insurrections.
5Well, aiding and abetting a felon.
abed
/əˈbɛd/
adverb
in bed
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1But that particular episode, when you watch it, is such a nice evolution of Abed.
2And they're like, I'm playing Abed.
3I mean, I guess for me, it was always a straight down-the-middle split, on Community, between Jeff Winger and Abed.
4And that Abed was, not the real me, but the parts of me that would be left over if you carved all that Jeff Winger off, and vice versa.
5Troy and Abed have a great on-screen friendship.
gratification
/ˌɡɹætəfəˈkeɪʃən/
noun
state of being gratified or satisfied
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1They want instant gratification.
2And instant gratification and that mindset makes sense.
3We like instant gratification.
4It's instant gratification.
5I love the gratification.
to gratify
/ˈɡɹætəˌfaɪ/
verb
make happy or satisfied
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1And it's gratifying to know that show is having an effect around the country.
2It's never going to gratify you.
3After, you'll gratify yourself with some techniques.
4It's gratifying to be a part of something like that.
5It was really gratifying to pull something like this off.
gratis
/ˈɡɹætəs/
adverb
given or done free and without charge
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1Even before naming his kid Miller Lite, he should have been receiving gratis from Miller Lite.
2It shall be given gratis, and not refused.
3In fact you might be a little miffed if you don't get apparently gratis extras at these sorts of establishments.
4As such, according to federal tax law and regulations, the gratis transportation, food and housing received by the Commander-in-Chief are non-taxable fringe benefits.
5However, if all they want to do is film typical activity that was happening anyway, once approved, they can do that gratis.
gratuitous
/ɡɹəˈtuətəs/
adjective
costing nothing
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1So here's the gratuitous child, cute baby video of the talk.
2This is getting gratuitous.
3It's gratuitous.
4Not gratuitous blues, but we did it in the spirit and in the style of the song.
5It's more like a gratuitous gift.
gratuity
/ɡɹəˈtuɪti/
noun
an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation
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1We forgot about gratuity!
2- It's a gratuity.
3Gratuity comes from gratitude.
4And you leave a gratuity.
5This is gratuity, then?
metaphor
/ˈmɛtəfɔɹ/
noun
a type of figure of speech by which a person describes something or someone by referring to something or someone else to point out their similarities or emphasize them or give a better description of what they mean
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1Here, the overt violence and animalistic savagery extend the metaphor.
2Metaphors think with the imagination and the senses.
3Fortunately, my metaphor changed.
4Chapter 36 uses metaphors of purity and cleansing.
5We use metaphor all the time in music.
metallurgy
/ˈmɛtəɫɝdʒi/
noun
the science and technology of metals
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1Then you have the first evidence of metallurgy around 5000 to 6000 BC, or 20 minutes into the hour.
2Apple's metallurgy team has designed an aluminum alloy that uses excess aluminum from the production process, delivering the same great characteristics we expect in all of our products.
3My father was a blacksmith, so I learned metallurgy and woodworking from him.
4The most notable aspect of Yue culture was their metallurgy.
5This is the first textbook on metallurgy written in the West, at least.
to metamorphose
/ˌmɛtəˈmɔɹfoʊz/
verb
change completely the nature or appearance of
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1Inside a tunnel, ball, or pat, once the larvae hatch, they consume the dung before metamorphosing into a pupa and then an adult beetle.
2Larval amphibians like tadpoles start their lives limbless and grow legs when they metamorphose into adults.
3Your face metamorphosed.
4With the loss of temperature, the glow of its thermal radiation has gone through several metamorphose.
5You know what he metamorphosed into?
metaphorically
/ˌmɛtəˈfɔɹɪkɫi/
adverb
in a metaphorical manner
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1Metaphorically speaking.
2Anyways, collisions are huge in physics, metaphorically.
3Metaphorically speaking, yes.
4So this butterfly effect notion metaphorically organizes activist advocacy in this collection.
5Metaphorically, the courage and courtesy of Don Quixote have vanquished the arrogance, cruelty and lust of Don Fernando.
metaphysics
/ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks/
noun
the branch of philosophy that deals with the most fundamental abstract concepts such as existence, truth, identity, etc.
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1- I was interested, in the first place, in religion as a metaphysics.
2He doesn't have a metaphysics.
3What is the metaphysics of Francesca?
4Metaphysics has no place in law school.
5In the case of metaphysics, he wrote a book called The Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics.

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