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Glossary of difficult words

like -, like - = as - is, so is -; (for example, "like father, like son";

loosely - not verbatim; not exactly in the same words or with the same meaning as the original;

to replenish - to fill something up again;

coffers - the funds or financial reserves of a group or institution;

in unison - simultaneously; at one and the same time;

to be stumped - to be at a loss; to be unable to work out what to do or say;

effing - a politer way of saying "fucking".