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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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to escape; to run away

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

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adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

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Stalin

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order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

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check; restraint; oppression; suppression

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Eastern Europe

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socialism

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

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liberalization; liberalisation; freeing

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demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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to get strong; to gain strength

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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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they

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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way; method; means; resource; course

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ten; 10; ten years of age

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how many years; how long; what year

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style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

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hula (dance)

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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one's post; place of work; workplace

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membership fee

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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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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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

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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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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

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relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

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man

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to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into

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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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