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sob story collapse: a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy

sweetness and light collapse: a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light"

paternity collapse: the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity"

sprain collapse: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

ingenuous collapse: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

retrospection collapse: memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"; reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections"

primarily collapse: of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

laboriously collapse: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

pucker collapse: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth); to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"; become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

artless collapse: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"; (of persons) lacking art or knowledge; showing lack of art; "an artless translation"

prostration collapse: the act of assuming a prostrate position; abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

couplet collapse: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

anima collapse: (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious

melancholy collapse: a feeling of thoughtful sadness; a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed; characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

bounty collapse: a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat; generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely; payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

chivalry collapse: courtesy towards women; the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct

lengthen collapse: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

transpire collapse: give off (water) through the skin; come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"; come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"; exude water vapor; "plants transpire"; pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

pierce collapse: 14th President of the United States (1804-1869); make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"; penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument; cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"; move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"; sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"

interior collapse: of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"; inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth"; situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows"

brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

reminiscence collapse: a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

flint collapse: a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing; a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River; a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

subgroup collapse: (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group; a distinct and often subordinate group within a group

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