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boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English

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all's right with the world; all is as it should be

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to pay a bill; to pay one's debt; to pay one's tab; to pay the price (for one's actions); to face the consequences; to suffer the repercussions

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to pedal a bicycle; to ride a bicycle; to cycle; to bike

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mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke

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guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer

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unlucky day; bad day; evil day; critical day (for a crop)

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to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent

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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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although; but; even though; I wish that

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to blame; to find fault with

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sow evil and reap evil; evil acts bring evil outcomes

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heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through

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to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears

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dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life

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to smooth out; to straighten; to relax

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to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on

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(disreputable) recruiter of day laborers (labourers)

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to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead

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to compose a poem

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to drink (whisky) straight

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adding water; dilution with water

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(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint

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highball; whisky and soda

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gin fizz

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carbonated water; sparkling water; fizzy water; soda water

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carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink; baking soda; sodium carbonate

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feeling of food or drink going down the throat

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(please) look; see; (please) try to do

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pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly

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to pour into

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drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

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indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily

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disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment

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detective agency; enquiry agency

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birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity

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crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

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old friend; old pal

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quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme; last piece of the day (in a vaudeville or music hall programme, etc.); last-item comic dialogue

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to replace (a picture, sign, hanging scroll, etc.); to substitute; to take down (an old picture, etc.) and put up a new one; to move (a picture, etc.) to another location; to hang somewhere else

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physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

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stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn

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control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

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to get on; to climb on

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solar system

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Far East

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