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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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retirement

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corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

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pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)

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right; privilege

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confession

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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intuition; instinct; hunch

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remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

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anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

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scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

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early morning; early hours; early in the morning

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to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

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process; course; mechanism

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offender; criminal; culprit

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hence; for that reason

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awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

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to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand

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to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)

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thickly painted; thickly lacquered; impasto

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travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

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kit

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(powder) puff; puffed cereal

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by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

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surely (not); certainly (not)

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every evening; night after night

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secret meeting; clandestine meeting

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disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

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to blush; to redden

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battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then

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technique; art; skill; move

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colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

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to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

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with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob

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eyebrow; eyebrows

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high class; high grade

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technique

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laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

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small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master

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all night long; all through the night

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

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focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus

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