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to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins

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stretch

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bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

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water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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all; everything

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large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

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with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

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pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

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motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination

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ashamed

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going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph

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leaving everything to someone else

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guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

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regret; repentance

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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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value engineering

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Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency

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

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

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please; somehow or other; one way or another

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year in, year out; always; 24-7

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to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

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huge success

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the last moment; the very end

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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this evening; tonight

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

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fucking; screwing; having sex

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person; member

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to pursue

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final form

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rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

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to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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in search of; in order to look for

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encore

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old-mannish

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dull; boring

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

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