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fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

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a help; assistance

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last year

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Soviet army

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invasion

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you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

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acquaintance

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how many people; a number of people

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to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

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safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

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something or other; somehow

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novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

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dentist

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to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

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fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence

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really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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surely; certainly

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Soviet Union; USSR

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to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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Prague Spring (1968 reform movement in Czechoslovakia)

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at times; occasionally

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various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that

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west side; west bank

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(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

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other side; opposite side; other party

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answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

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

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there is nothing; having nothing

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

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to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

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I see; that's right; indeed

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

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ability; faculty

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to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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