ret
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～ place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
retail
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～ be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"
retail
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～ sell on the retail market
retain
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～ hold back within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water"
retain
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～ allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
retain
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～ secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
retain
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～ keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
retake
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～ take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"
retake
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～ capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"
retake
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～ photograph again; "Please retake that scene"
retaliate
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～ make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"
retaliate
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～ take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
retard
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～ slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
retard
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～ lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
retard
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～ cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
retch
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～ eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
retch
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～ make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
retell
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～ to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
retell
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～ make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"