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to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

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to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

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thank you; thanks

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(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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indicates question

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this evening; tonight

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing

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ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is

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birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday

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public holiday; celebration (of)

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isn't that right?

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that; the matter in question

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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to take one's eyes off

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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birthday

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to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed

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coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay

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was

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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mother

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next day

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to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

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that day; the very same day

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storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

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window

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to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

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how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

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abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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second son

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Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)

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infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

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wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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this family; our family; this house; we

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to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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husband

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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father

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to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

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time; hour; period; class

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really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly

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