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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

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check

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to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

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being startled; getting a shock

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

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popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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growth period; period of rapid growth

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eulogy; compliment

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(leading) someone by the nose

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to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press

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finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

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to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

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while; during (the time when)

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locality; local area; limited area

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without; but if; otherwise; or else

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continuation

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

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exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

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round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

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boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

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defense; defence; safeguard; protection

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to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling

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contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

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to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

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sense of defeat

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for this reason

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paradoxical

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psychological; mental

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timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

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guts

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loss of material

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to drag out

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

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beanbags; jackstones; cueball

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whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

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spearhead

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