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To waste one's efforts by pursuing a futile course of action.
To accept a difficult situation or face something unpleasant.
To talk openly and boastfully about one's own abilities, skills, and achievements.
To do something to reduce tension in an awkward social situation.
To make peace and settle one's differences.
To try to calm the mind in order to sleep, or the opposite - to have insomnia.
To gesture as a sign of bringing good luck.
To doing something poorly in order to save time or money.
To behave in a manner or adhere to rules that are generally accepted.
To start an activity with great enthusiasm and energy.
To start something too hastily, or before it is permissible or appropriate.
To pass from physical life; to die.
To understand the basic details of how to perform a job correctly.
To become mentally deranged, or of unsound mind.
To be too slow to take advantage of an opportunity.
To fail to take responsibility for something, and shift it onto someone else.
To joke with someone, often by trying to convince them of something untrue.
To ask someone forthright questions, often causing unease or embarrassment.
To relax and have a rest; to have a break from work.
To take a firm and unyielding stance on an issue.
To infer or understand the hidden meaning in a situation.
To go to the toilet, especially for urination.
To reveal something that was meant to be kept a secret.
To behave in an inappropriately familiar way towards a person, or giving information that does not accurately represent the facts.
To reverse a situation and gain the upper hand.
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