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BETE NOIRE
- One that is particularly disliked or that is to be avoided; French for "black beast."
- Usage: Report on one of several recently released movies.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
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SCUPPER
- To ruin or destroy; to put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
- Usage: Story on the state of recent talks between the U.S., China and North Korea.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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