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quack; quack doctor; fake doctor

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secretary; councillor; councilor

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checkmate

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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to do in secret

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bad habit; bad habits

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housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

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inspector; auditor; examiner; comptroller

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Gatling

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shepherd; German shepherd

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imprisonment; captive

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most difficult; next to impossible

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)

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bazooka

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such and such; so and so

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robin

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ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

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question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

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intimidating enough to quieten a crying child

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Billy

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school; sect; party

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severe; harsh

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

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sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

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gunport; embrasure; muzzle

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck

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wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions

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what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like

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ascending and descending; going up and down

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disgrace; shame

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obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)

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artillery; gunner

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ladle; (hen's) egg

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requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)

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cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink

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misfire

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having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn

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to turn right; to turn to the right

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divorce; dissolution of adoption

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washing-up; dish-washing

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bow (of boat); prow; stem

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force (bulldoze) one's way through

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol

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ongoing; in progress; afoot

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to ambush

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capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

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shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

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