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Sitcom |
A situation comedy; light entertainment |
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Obscene |
Offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency |
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To dole (sth) out |
To distribute shares of somethong |
The obscene large amount of money that would be doled out to the rich man's heirs |
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That was the rub |
The rub=the central problem or difficulty in a situation |
But that was the rub. James Halliday had no heirs. |
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Chime |
Ringing sound |
Electronic chime |
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To harbor |
To keep a thought/feelings in one's mind, especially secretly |
Halliday had harbored a lifelong obsession with the 1980s |
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To cram |
To completely fill to the point of overflowing |
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To be lost on |
To fail to be noticed or appreciated by (someone) |
Anorak's invitation was crammed with obscure '80s pop culture references, nearly all of which were lost on me the first time I viewed it |
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Painstaking |
Done with or employing great care and thoroughness |
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Unkempt |
(Especially if a person) Having untidy or dishevelled appearance |
With unkempt hair |
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Dishevelled |
(Of a person's hair, clothes or appearance) untidy; disordered |
A man with long dishevelled hair |
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Emaciated |
Abnormally thin or weak especially because of illness or a lack of food |
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Heretofore |
Before now (formal) |
Hereby revoking any and all wills and codicils by me at any time heretofore made.... |
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Escrow |
A deposit or fund held on trust or as security |
My entire estate is to be placed in escrow until... |
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Up for grabs |
(Informal) available |
Here is the dough I'm putting up for grabs |
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Moolah |
Money (informal) |
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Plop (oneself) down |
Sit or lie gently hut clumsily |
He plops down in front of the Atari |
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Reverence |
Deep respect for someone or something |
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Joystick |
(Informal) the control column of an aircraft; a lever that can be moved in several directions to control the movement of an image on a computer or similar display screen |
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To morph into |
To change into (gradually and smoothly change like the one programmed by computer) |
Halliday morphed into his avatar |
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To pore over/through |
To be absorbed in reading or studying (something) |
Poring over dusty spellbooks |
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Sheer |
Nothing other than;absolute (used for emphasis) |
Part of the problem was the sheer size of the OASIS |
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Trailer park |
(North American) caravan site |
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Abject |
(Of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degradating |
The rest of the trailer reeled of cat piss and abject poverty |
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Relentless |
Unceasingly intense; non-stop |
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Brothel |
A house where men visits prostitutes |
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To stave (something) off |
To avert (turn away) or delay something bad or dangerous (thought) |
In a vain attempt to stave off the epic loneliness I now felt |
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To shove something into |
Put something somewhere carelessly or roughly |
I began to shove my laptop into my backpack |
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To pawn |
To mortgage |
I can pawn it to help pay our rent |
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To split hair |
To argue about small details about something |
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Dough |
(Informal) money |
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Obnoxious |
Extremely unpleasant |
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Poseur |
A person who behaves affectedly in order to impress others |
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To stall |
To speak or act in a deliberately vague way in order to gain more time to deal with something; |
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Wuss |
(Informal) a weak and ineffectual person |
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Meagre |
(of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality. |
I would earn a few meager experience points |
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Inept |
Having or showing no skill; clumsy |
Socially inept |
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Discerning |
Having or showing good judgement |
Discerning taste |
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Inconspicuous |
Not clearly visible or attracting attention.
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an inconspicuous red-brick building |
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To let the cat out of the bag |
To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake. |
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Crypt |
An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place. |
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Measly |
(informal) Ridiculously small or few. |
And twenty seven measly hit points |
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To let the cat out of the bag |
(Informal) to reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake. |
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Narcolepsy |
A condition characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep whenever in relaxing surroundings |
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Star-struck |
Fascinated or greatly impressed by famous people, especially those connected with the cinema or the theatre. |
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Herculean |
Requiring great strength or effort |
With a Herculean effort... |