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big treat; great offer

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younger sister

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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hatred

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if it is the case that ...

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style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

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informal; unofficial

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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presence; sitting with; being with

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rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit

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complicity

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call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

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circumstantial evidence

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very interesting; of great interest

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show me

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accomplice; henchman

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to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed

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career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility

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condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

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irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

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extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid

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winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)

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succession of victories

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inheritance; something given or received

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speech; address

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leading question

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premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

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(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

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the prosecution; prosecution side

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inside; within

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internal strife; infighting; internal conflict

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(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

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unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

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excuse; pretext

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making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

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one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

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the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

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tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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determination; decision

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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