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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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the ... in question

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nonchalant air; unruffled air

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

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sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head

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boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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how old; what age

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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with these words; while saying

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granddaughter

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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out of character; unlike one

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to count; to enumerate

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500; five hundred; many

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aging; ageing; growing older

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killing; murder

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perennial youth; eternal youth

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at that time; in those days

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probable; likely

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to stare back at; to look back at

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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this (very thing); this precisely

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solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

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to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

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tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

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to grasp tightly

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to breathe

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flood of emotions; many thoughts

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spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

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occurrence; happening; incident; event

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hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation

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to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

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please (give me); please (do for me)

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forehead; brow

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answer; solution

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to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike

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to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

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cheek (of the face)

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flush; blush

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partly open; in half bloom

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potato

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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melancholy; gloom; depression

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doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

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with a thump; (hanging) straight down

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back (of a chair); backrest

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