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submarine; midget submarine

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remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

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plan; design; layout

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reason; cause; circumstances

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destructive blast; blowing up; explosion

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preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

3

battle; fight; combat

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entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization

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clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)

2

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

4

next spring

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holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

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at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

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the whole country

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alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

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private

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

2

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

1

beginning; outset; opening; start

1

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

2

tip-off; secret information

1

extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

Texas

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to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

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(while) working in or at or for

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one room

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desperately; recklessly; rush headlong

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while crying; in tears

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to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

4

behavior; behaviour

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lack of reflection (on one's conduct, failures, etc.); lack of self-examination; lack of introspection

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wastebasket

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to gather

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great man; magnanimous man

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(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

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whole nation; whole land; whole country

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good citizens; law-abiding people

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to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

1

prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

1

diligent; absorbed (in something)

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some day; hereafter; at some future time

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faith; fidelity; loyalty

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue

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to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

8

to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool

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