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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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area; domain; territory; field; range; region

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scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

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to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

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opinion; view; comment

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to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

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(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list

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everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled

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to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

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nature; disposition

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security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)

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game

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debt; liabilities

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unrelated

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could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

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final; eventual; ultimate

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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

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with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

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children

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable

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problem child

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faint; swoon

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the teaching profession; education of laity

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

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to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

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retainer; retinue; servant

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to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

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it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

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all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

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lesson; precept; teachings; moral

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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as one promised

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premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

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goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

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to begin; to set about; to start

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designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

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single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

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calyx

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