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The Selfish Gene (1976 book by Richard Dawkins)

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next time (occasion)

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to get dry

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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desperately; for one's dear life

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(not so) much; (not) very

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to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

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trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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after all; because; but; even; too; as well

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

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(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

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

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hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

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to remain; to be left

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

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all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

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let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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however

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Tachikawa

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hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment

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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

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going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

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isn't that right?

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