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slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent

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rustling of clothes

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stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity

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to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash

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to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

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to understand each other

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to expel; to drive out

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

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disappointment; despair

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what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

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separate; respective; different

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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gasp; pant

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

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emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary

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a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

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wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

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to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

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none of your business; not your concern

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to be at a loss; to be puzzled

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timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish

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to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

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around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

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exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

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barrage of questions

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to ask a question; to ask questions

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say; well; um; er

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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endurance; perseverance; patience

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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another time; some other time

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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timid person; coward

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pain; ache; -algia

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to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

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potted plant; potting

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calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

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