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auctioneer

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breach of the rules

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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unidentifiable; unidentified

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lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

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sitting; feast; speech

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delight; great joy

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proposal; motion; recommendation

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needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

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to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed

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rumor; rumour; gossip; report

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to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

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a word or two

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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approval; endorsement

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not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

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to interrupt; to butt in

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like this; in this way; as you see

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concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

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in accordance with; according to

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valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing

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watchful waiting; careful supervision

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(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

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to not take seriously; to take lightly

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to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle

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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

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to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

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leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

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to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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this occasion; at this time; now

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to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

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to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)

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personal combat; one-to-one fight

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competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

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beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable

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generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures

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to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind

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feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

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win by default

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grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

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to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

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as one promised

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

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existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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