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courting(noun, hold, draw, interest, charm)
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cross(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, pain)
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crucify(verb, hurt, bother, wrong, annoy)
2
deception(noun, decoy)
2
decoy duck(expression, idiom, motive)
2
dessert
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dispirit(verb, force, alarm, bully, constrain)
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displease(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, pain)
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drag(noun, verb, draw, interest, kill)
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dragnet
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egg on(verb, expression, influence, annoy, provoke)
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embitter(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
endearment(noun, hold, draw, interest, charm)
2
exercise(verb, irritate, aggravate, incite, needle)
2
fish(verb, follow, harass, trace, track)
2
fly
2
game(animal, food, killing, prey, hunting)
2
get(verb, irritate, aggravate, incite, needle)
2
get mad(expression, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
give a hard time(verb, expression, idiom, hurt, bother)
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