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failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

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to give a reason

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good sense

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belief that human nature is fundamentally good

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

2

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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favour; favor

2

to cross the line; to go too far

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entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

to straighten up; to sit upright

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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to embrace each other

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both; together; jointly; simultaneously

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putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

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in addition

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current issues; current topics

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while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side

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risk

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sparks

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to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)

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hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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to throw oneself (into an activity)

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readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

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one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path

2

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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good idea; good plan

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business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law

1

to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

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to antagonize; to provoke antipathy

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

3

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

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end; close

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge

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to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

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real time

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one's person; around one's person

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fiction

2

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

2

narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision

2

stale; hackneyed; clichéd

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to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate

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absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

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dull or blunt sword

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wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief

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conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

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