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beauty of style; beauty of form

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action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene

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to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

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ten to one; nine cases out of ten

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to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work

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a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

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yellow; amber

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signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

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vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

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cancer

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cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal

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internal organs; viscera; intestines

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moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)

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to be corrupt

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to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

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jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of

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dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

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to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

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to do someone in; to bump someone off

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vitality; energy; dynamism

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vomit; spew; puke; confessing

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shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

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to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

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100,000,000; one hundred million

5

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

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bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

4

one month

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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high level

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10,000,000; ten million

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most satisfactory

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dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

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advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

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too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

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to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

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to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

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to challenge (a person) to a fight

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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

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inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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request; appeal; claim; purchase

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secret agreement

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old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

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retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

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(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

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resource

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foreign enemy; outside invader

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to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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