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speak French

speak French to smb.

choose sth. (an.), select sth. (an.), look over sth. (an.) [to decide

choose sth., select sth., look over sth. [to decide about selection]

choose, select, look things over [to decide about selection]

sit down

lie down

sit down, take a seat

for a little while, for a few moments

flop down [to sit], grab a seat

of no special kind, regular

garter snake

virtually, almost, to a point of close approximation; to such a degree

be easy, find it easy

who (interrogative, used in asking questions)

what?

who (interrogative, used in asking questions)

what?

mother

a thing of high quality

a thing of high quality

be easy, be susceptible, do something easily, have something happen easily to

happen easily, be easily or routinely done

buy sth. (an.) at a cheap price

buy sth. at a cheap price

hit sth., strike sth.

hit something belonging to smb.

hit smb., strike smb.

hammer

baseball bat

hit an object with something

arrange sth. (an.), put sth. (an.) into a particular arrangement

lie down

sit at the ready

be prepared, lie at the ready

be prepared, lie at the ready

animal, creature

banana

fish with a hook and line

swing one's leg to and fro

swing sth. (an.)

swing sth.

swing sth. [with one's weight]

swing sth. (an.) [with one's weight]

wag one's tail

flap in the wind, sway in the wind

flap in the wind, sway in the wind

chew with one's jaw moving side to side, have one's jaw move

swing smb. [on a swing]

ice-fish

swing sth.

swing [in playing], swing back and forth on a swing

swing [the device commonly used by children recreationally]

carefully, with care

properly, good, well

long-eared owl (Asio otus)

with ample space

be urgent, be wanted urgently

be urgent, be wanted urgently

be back quick [from attending to something elsewhere], be quick [in returning

be quick [in doing something], do something quickly, hurry [in doing something]

Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)

squash

quickly, in a hurry, hurriedly; at once (immediately), right away

by all means

a man's child

dress smb. up, paint smb.'s face, adorn smb., deck smb. out, fix

dress up, paint oneself, deck oneself out, adorn oneself

cheat [at a game]

deke smb., make a feint against smb.

arrange sth., put sth. into a particular arrangement

fix sth. up

that (inan.), it

lend something to smb.

lend something

go and [do something], go [do something]

carry sound far

there, over there

it (an.), her, him, she, he

darn!, shit!; no way!

No way! (expressing disbelief)

Darn! Shit!

[an item of] old clothing

waste sth. (an.) shamefully

have one's death be a shameful waste

waste smb.'s life shamefully [by killing him needlessly]

be injured [from striking something] in one's prime

waste sth. shamefully

going to [do something], want to [do something], intend [to do something]

always want to get in the last word

early

have a small house, live in a small house

be small, have little room

sit beside smb., sit with smb.

marry, be married, ??live with someone

live with smb. [as a spouse], be married to smb.

be married, get married, have a spouse

live with smb.