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things; everything

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striking; remarkable; considerable

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weakening

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regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

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highly conscious; highly aware; well-versed; highly knowledgable

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both in name and reality; both in name and substance

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real power

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to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

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suspicious; doubtful

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword

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scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

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independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

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change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

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one eyebrow

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one year; some time ago

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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

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dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

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to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

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at most; at best

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to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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after graduation

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

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acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

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clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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to have the nerve to

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

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to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

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custom; practice; convention; precedent

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human relations; personal relationships

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disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

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not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

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surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries

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row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

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to lead someone around by the nose

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results of a scientific investigation; findings

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uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

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