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to seize the initiative

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vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

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cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture

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to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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doesn't even exist

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diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence

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licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme

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(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

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falsehood; lie

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outsider; someone outside of a group

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being concerned about or mindful of

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way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

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intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

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to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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to be uncommon

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interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

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same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity

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left eye

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one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye

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south-east

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confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match

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convenient

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on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

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bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve

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powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

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existing

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developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)

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fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

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spider's thread; spider silk

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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devastating; catastrophic; crushing

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to disable; to override

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getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

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running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

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to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

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rank (of troops); file; column; formation

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deceleration

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clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

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vivid; clear; distinct

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shape; form

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outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

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defense; defence; safeguard; protection

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efficiency

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smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

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