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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

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decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

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another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

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bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

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five; 5

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two; 2

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perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

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bomber (aircraft)

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lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

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official business; public business

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

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all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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(not) in any way; in no way; at all

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being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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how (can); by what means

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to survive; to live long

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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aim

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too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

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it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

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important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

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popular person; favorite; favourite

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sure; yeah; I know

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nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others

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flattery; compliment

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mother

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy

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just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

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be; is

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distance; range

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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after

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touch; contact

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out of bullets

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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I; me

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I can tell you; heh

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while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life

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