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professional duties

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

6

muddy water; red-light district

1

hell

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to taste; to savor; to relish

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that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

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only; sole; unique

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grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

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with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

4

watchdog; chaperone; watcher

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to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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earnestly

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to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

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to drink too much

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to accept; to receive; to agree

2

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

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on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

2

to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)

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back off!; leave me alone!

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to do so; to do thus

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original intention; initial resolution

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call; invitation

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New York

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promotion

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receiving; acceptance; reception

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indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

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precondition; prerequisite

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different opinion; objection

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ostensible (surface) reason

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credit protection (by seizing assets in anticipation of a default); preventive attachment

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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to think too much; to be over-concerned

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suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

3

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

2

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

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blow; shock; strike; batting

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unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

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ambulance

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heart attack; myocardial infarction

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for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

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