Wreath (n): An arrangement of leaves and flowers, usually circular in shape, designed to commemorate a lost loved one.

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Decomposition (n): The process of disintegrating, rotting or decaying.

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Dilapidated (adj): Ruined, neglected, old, in a poor state of repair.

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Necessarium (n): Euphemism for a public lavatory; makeshift, communal or portable toilet.

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Running bond: A method of laying bricks that presents their long, narrow faces (or stretchers) for view, each overlapping the midpoint of the bricks in the course below.

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Bournemouth has decided that it would like to be a surf resort, according to The Guardian, and attract all those surfing tourists for who Cornwall is just too inconveniently western. What a distance to travel! To that end it is building an artificial reef out of specially-designed sandbags in Poole Bay in order to take the area’s natural swell and turn it into breaking waves.

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