Bastards - English meaning

noun

A living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.

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Wild animals adapt badly to a caged life

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of animals.

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The evolution of animal life

noun

A living thing that can move and eat and react to the world through its senses, esp. of sight and hearing

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Mammals, insects, reptiles, and birds are all animals., a lion is a wild animal, and a dog is a dom…

noun

An animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one.

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A wild beast

noun

A wild animal

noun

A savagely violent person or animal.

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He was a cold-blooded brute

adjective

Characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence.

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A brute struggle for social superiority

noun

A person who is offensive and rude, and often violent

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Historians have portrayed him as a brute who won only because of superior troop strength., they had…

adjective

(of explanations, reports, etc.) including every detail in the order it happened

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We had to sit through a blow-by-blow account of how they missed their flight to las vegas.

noun

An aggressive or unkempt dog, especially a mongrel.

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A mangy-looking cur

Abbreviation for currency

noun

(in christian and jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; satan.

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Belief in the devil

verb

Act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional.

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There is the possibility of devilling for fellow members of the bar

noun

An evil being, often represented in human form but with a tail and horns

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What the devil are you doing?

noun

A person who is thought of as worthless

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She’s a lazy good-for-nothing.

noun

A dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.

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A hound came running through the trees, nose to the ground

verb

Harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly.

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She was hounded by the italian press

noun

Either of two small wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds.

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Head lice are insects living on the human scalp and feeding on blood.

verb

Remove lice from.

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They were lousing each other; and it surprised us that they did not discontinue their work + as we …

noun

A small insect that lives on the bodies of people and animals

noun

A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.

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A monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf

verb

Criticize or reprimand severely.

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My mum used to monster me for coming home so late

noun

Any imaginary frightening creature, esp. one that is large and strange

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To the whole world, he was a monster., a monster shark

noun

(in folklore) a man-eating giant.

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Ella's journey to find a way to break the spell has its own dangers as she meets up with elves, ogr…

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A frightening, fierce, or ugly person

noun

A rogue.

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The main character is a picaro who lives by his wits

noun

An omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.

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With the advent of farming in the neolithic, a number of animal species were domesticated, starting…

verb

Gorge oneself with food.

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He'd pigged himself on the last of the food

noun

Domestic swine

noun

A mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child or man (typically used in an affectionate way).

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A lovable rascal

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A person who behaves badly or dishonestly but who is usually likable

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The group includes thieves, politicians, and rascals of every sort.

noun

A rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases.

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Most people are familiar with mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs, which are commonly kept as pets.

exclamation

Used to express mild annoyance or irritation.

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I just came upstairs to check the price of something on ebay (under $10, rats!) and saw the clock.

verb

Hunt or kill rats.

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We would always take a terrier when we fished and the terrier ratted away

noun

An unprincipled person.

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He had to present himself as more of a lovable reprobate than a spirit of corruption

adjective

Unprincipled.

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Reprobate behaviour

verb

Express or feel disapproval of.

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His neighbours reprobated his method of proceeding

noun

A dishonest or unprincipled man.

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You are a rogue and an embezzler

verb

Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop).

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The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings

noun

A person, organization, or country that does not behave in the usual or acceptable way

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Buzzy’s a fun-loving teenage rogue., a rogue employee might tap into the computer.

noun

A dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue.

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That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men

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A rude word for a very unpleasant person who has done something dishonest or unacceptable

noun

A long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. some snakes have a venomous bite.

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The copperhead, a venomous snake, is dangerous, but its bite is rarely life-threatening to healthy …

verb

Move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake.

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A rope snaked down

noun

An animal with a long, cylindrical body and no legs

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People spent hours waiting in lines that snaked around the stadium to get tickets.

noun

A pig.

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A contagious viral disease of animals that primarily affects swine

noun

A pig, esp. when raised for food

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He can be such a swine sometimes.

noun

(in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.

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A pantomime villain

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A bad person who harms other people or breaks the law, or a cruel or evil character in a book, play, or film

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In her version of the story, hoover emerges as the villain.

noun

A small, slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat.

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A cousin of mink, martens, otters, stoats, weasels and distantly related to seals, badgers are one …

verb

Achieve something by use of cunning or deceit.

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She suspects me of trying to weasel my way into his affections

noun

A small mammal with reddish brown fur and a long body, which feeds on small animals such as mice and birds

noun

An unfortunate or unhappy person.

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Can the poor wretch's corpse tell us anything?

noun

Someone who has suffered a lot and deserves sympathy

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The poor wretches had no chance to survive.

noun

A person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender.

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They need to punish wrongdoers

noun

A person who does something bad or illegal