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crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
digitally altered photograph (e.g. made to look like an oil painting)
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
taking part (in a crime); participation; partner (in crime); accomplice
good-natured; kind; good-quality
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
authentication; notarization; notarisation
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
to be overwhelmed; to be overawed
domestic handicraft industry
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
cannot tell one thing from another; cannot distinguish (e.g. good from bad)
quarrelsome; easy to anger
with each person; with everyone
weekly report; weekly bulletin
in-law; relative by marriage
heedless of danger; braving dangers