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to suffer an embarrassing defeat

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detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison

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to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

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various; diverse; different; divergent; divided; conflicting

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handcart; wheelbarrow; baby walker

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cannibalism; anthropophagism

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to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate

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cause of defeat

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skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

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whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

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ghost story; tale of the supernatural

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hard to imagine

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annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

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to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend

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to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal

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uprising; revolt

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stroke of sword

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wise mother

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confirmation; certification; ascertainment

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irresistible; overwhelming

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180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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place where one works; construction site; working area

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hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)

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to try all possible means

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to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

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to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

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hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

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difference between the sexes; sexual difference

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slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance

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to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

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the world in general; society; convention

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evaluation on an absolute scale

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to add (e.g. a postscript)

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basis for decision; evidence for judging

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nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply

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sniffling; sniffing

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to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

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to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

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as you can imagine; as imagined

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prawn; shrimp; lobster

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feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted

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adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)

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to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

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march; marching

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episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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