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night attack; nocturnal assault

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(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)

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very troublesome; extremely bothersome; awfully complicated; tedious and annoying

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assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

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key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery

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in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan

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opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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if this is not the case

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interest; rights; concession

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mystery case

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general store

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old couple; elderly couple

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unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

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order from above

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to find fault with; to question

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order; command

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private individual

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living space

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one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive

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skin and bones

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to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking

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feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat

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great eater; glutton

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discoverer

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

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slight; little; insignificant

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crime; criminal act; offence; offense

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unnatural death; accidental death; violent death

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patrol

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inspection; examination; survey

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pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

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pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)

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to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

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purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher

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including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second

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to have an uneasy conscience

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resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case

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entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission

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to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal

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the same as always; day after day

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patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

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to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of

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to make one's rounds; to patrol

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to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

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in; on; at; during; in the condition of

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self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity

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like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys

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