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to be hot on a person's heels

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to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

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to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

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to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

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barricade

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by sheer strength; by brute force

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cranium; skull

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cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

1

guts; bowels; intestines

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to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

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to creep; to crawl

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slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient

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steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

decomposition; ulceration

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chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

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tumor; tumour

2

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

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favorable; favourable

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sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

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person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

3

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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low table; table with very short legs

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bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)

2

coat; coating

3

to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant

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leader of a delegation (body, party)

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service; duty; work

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tragedy; tragic event

3

length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time

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ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

management; administration; operation

1

tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

1

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

1

the same rank; equality; apposition

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

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right of veto

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answer respectively agreement or disagreement

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jurisdiction; control

3

inferior goods; defective product; defective goods

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trace

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

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conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

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train; railway train

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accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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decision; settlement; definition

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