–He got his wife and children in the dinghy and rowed shoreward. Short: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; close; curtal. –Even as he thought it, he knew it wasn’t the same thing, but it was the best he could do on short notice. Shorthand: writ...
–He felt great sadness for the gentle, happy man who had been so brutally entangled and had left two children fatherless. Fatigued: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; dog-tired; worn-out. –I’m fatigued to my bones, but I fight my heavy eyelids fo...
–The school holidays had been going on for two and a half weeks already, and we were drained and resourceless from endless days of full-contact parenting. Respectable: deserving of esteem and respect; good; reputable. –All respectable companies give guarantees. Respected: receiving deferential ...
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