deserts
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Sense: Appropriate reward
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due Collocations, compensation Collocations, recompense, payment Collocations, pay Collocations, reward Collocations, credit where credit is due
Sense: Appropriate punishment
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penalty Collocations, retribution, comeuppance, punishment Collocations, revenge Collocations, what is due, vengeance, reprisal, just deserts, payback , what's coming to one , justice Collocations, what-for
desert
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Sense: Noun: barren land
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waste Collocations, wasteland, arid region, barren plains, barren land, dust bowl, sand dunes, barrens, no-man's-land
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Sense: Adjective: arid
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Sense: Adjective: barren
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Sense: Adjective: uninhabited
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Sense: Adjective: infertile
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Sense: Verb: strand
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stay Collocations, remain Collocations, come Collocations, stick around , wait for, go back for, rescue Collocations, save Collocations, reclaim, stay put
Sense: Verb: forsake
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forsake Collocations, abandon Collocations, walk out on, leave Collocations, turn your back on, leave high and dry , leave sb in the lurch
Sense: Verb: leave military service, a post, etc.
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defect Collocations, go AWOL , abscond, decamp, be absent without leave, abandon your post, run away from duty, run away from military service, leave unlawfully
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stay Collocations, stand your ground, obey, do your duty, remain Collocations, maintain your position, stand and fight, serve Collocations
Sense: Verb: run away
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