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Stout

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(especially of olderpeople) fat and solid-looking, especially around the waist:

Mrs Blower was the stout lady with the glasses.

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Gaunt

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very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger:

Her face was gaunt and grey.

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Ascetic /e-setik/

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avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons:
They live a very ascetic life.

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Wan

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(face) looking pale and tired

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Ruddy

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red:

He was ruddy-cheeked from the walk in the cold.
Her face was ruddy and healthy-looking.

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Barrel-chested

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Barrel chest happens when the chest is rounded or puffed up like a barrel.

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Gait

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A particular way of walking:
He walked with a slow stiff gait.
طرز راه رفتن

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8
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Swooping hawk nose

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بینی قوشی

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Low-key

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Sun-bleached

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Homespun

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Soughing

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Concoct

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Aura

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Elation

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Foreordained

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Denigrate

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Cry foul

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Delusion
Illusion

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His mind working against him

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Primordial

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Drive sb over the edge

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Bliss
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Falibly
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Proprietary
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To idealise is to dehumanise
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Smother
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Reverential
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Consequential
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Shunt
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Hound
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Succeed against the odds
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Welter
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Thick braid of reality
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Confluence
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Unwitting
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