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to talk down; to corner someone in an argument

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Belgium

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

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to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

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emptiness; vacuum; blank

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cloud

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I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

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agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

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to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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full time

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

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borrowing; debt; loan

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binoculars; field glasses

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teacher (classroom)

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very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

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it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves

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sorrow; grief; sadness

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to share

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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sneeze

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

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follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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evolution; progress

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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from out of nowhere; from who knows where

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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newspaper

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bundle; bunch; sheaf

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suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

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to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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to drop; to let fall; to omit

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to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

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to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer

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brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

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the way back; the way home; return trip

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at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

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sudden change; complete change

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absolutely; only

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very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

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not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

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to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

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