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quotation; citation; reference

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clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

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arbitration; intercession; mediation

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cold war

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far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead

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ex post facto report; report after the event

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functional; efficient

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bar graph; bar chart

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limited; restricted; constrained

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cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness

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old style; old type

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private affairs; personal matter

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achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

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to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

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cuffs

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expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

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going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

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serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

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personal use; private use; private business; personal business

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tip; gratuity; alms

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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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municipal office; council; city hall

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Town Hall front

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service; duty; work

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how; in what way; in what manner

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one's private life

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paid vacation; paid holiday

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marriage counseling; marital counseling

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muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness

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fresh off the farm; inexperienced

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rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

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to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake

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attack preparedness

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view (of life, etc.); outlook

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to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

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organic

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despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time

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spoon

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blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

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plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation

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good wife

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diameter

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to go wrong; to turn for the worse

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skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)

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chief god

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to get someone to say; to make someone say

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social status; social position

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standard of living

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omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

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doesn't even exist

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