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to search through one’s mind intensively; to try very hard to think of something

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to reprimand or criticize someone harshly

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to give some meaning to something that is not justified; to imagine some significance that doesn’t exist

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to spoil someone’s happy feelings

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to rain very heavily

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to cause a disturbance, often because one is extremely angry; to make trouble

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the non-management workers in a company or the non-leadership members of a political party

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to understand a message that is alluded to but not directly said or written

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to reprimand or scold someone harshly

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the genuine article; not an imitation or substitute