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police superintendent

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How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

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criminal; culprit

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to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

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in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

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nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

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big shot; higher-ups

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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prison

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return; coming back

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willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

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to do

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because of; owing to; due to

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career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility

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to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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relief; peace of mind

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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

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desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires

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another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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repentance; confession; penitence

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

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same crime; being equally guilty

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

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to fear; to be afraid of

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