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if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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quarrel; dispute; argument

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(not so) much; (not) very

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pride; boast

1

to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything

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thoughts; thinking

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price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

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to complain; to make a complaint

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comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

4

learning ability

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roughly

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hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

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easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

2

metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

2

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

to rely on

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staple food

1

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

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to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly

1

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag

1

an eye for an eye

3

dilemma; predicament

1

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

3

cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

1

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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defeat; lost battle; losing a war

1

rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

1

because of; owing to; due to

3

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on

1

self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

1

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

2

bromide; publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.

1

such; this sort of; like this

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to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

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all you want; as much as one wants

2

mere; simple; sheer

2

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

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old woman

2

handsome youth (male); pretty boy

1

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

4

cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

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to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

3

to gaze long at

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to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

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