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1. Colic - severe pain in the stomach, suffered especially by babies

• Jesse's baby got colic and could not stop crying for the whole night.

2. Deteriorating - to become worse

• Mother's eyesight was deteriorating because she had been weeping every day since father's funeral.

3. Hacked off - extremely annoyed

• I was hacked off due to his childish attitude.

4. Tartly - quickly and unkind

• "No, you are not going for the basketball tournament,"Madam Tyra replied tartly.

5. Enigma - situation difficult to understand, mystery

• The murder of David's youngest daughter at the pub remained enigma to his family and the CSIs.