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cavil at someone

to find fault with someone; to complain about someone constantly. Will you never cease caviling at all of us? There is no need to cavil at me day and night!

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But only a die-hard would cavil at the mistakes - nail extensions were not popular in the Tang Dynasty gold clothing was restricted to the emperor, etc - in a film that luxuriates in its own over-the-top style. Box Office: Golden wonder; THE BIG PICTURE Curse of the Golden Flower ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) If one is to cavil at all, I am not sure the book is much enhanced towards the end by 14 pages of quotes from the press and I think this space could have been better used - perhaps by reproducing some of Hen's comprehensive collection of mind-bogglingly rude faxes. Books and Videos: Two true romances that fired a fantastic voyage; ... by The Racing Post (London, England) Since few of the selections are complete texts and because an individual might cavil at the omissions (why, for example, no Gertrude of Helfta or Therese of Lisieux? In Her Words: Women's Writings in the History of Christian Thought by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal			catch to it catch up in catch up on catch with catch with pants down catch you later catch-as-catch-can cater to catty-corner caught caught in the act caught in the crossfire caught in the middle caught short caught unaware caught up in caught with pants down cause cause a stir cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows cause tongues to wag caution caution about cave cave in cavil at cease cease and desist cede to ceiling celebrate for an accomplishment cement cement on cement together censure cent center center around center of attention center on centre certain certain party certain sure chafe chafe at chain chain down chain is no stronger than its weakest link chain of command chain to			Cavia porcellus Caviacoptes caviae caviar caviar caviar Caviar Appendix caviar(e) caviare caviare caviare to the general caviare to the general caviares caviares caviars caviars CAVIAT Cavicorn Cavicornia cavie cavie cavies cavies cavies cavies Caviidae Caviidae cavil cavil cavil cavil cavil at CAVILAM caviled caviled caviled caviler caviler caviler cavilers cavilers cavilers caviling caviling caviling Cavilingly Cavilingly Cavillation cavilled cavilled cavilled caviller caviller caviller cavillers cavillers cavillers cavilling cavilling cavilling Cavilous cavils

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