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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

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boy; juvenile; child

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(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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like this; this sort; this way

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grave; serious; alarming

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calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing

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to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail

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violence; force

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good news; happy news; glad tidings

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advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

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plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

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to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

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to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

2

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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to see; to look; to watch; to rule; to govern

2

to rank with; to rank among

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

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emotional; sentimental

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knowing only too well; being fully aware of

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to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)

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kind; sort; species; species

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which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow

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laws (of nature); (divine) providence

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actually; really

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extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

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half day

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

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blood vessel; blood relationship

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

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act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

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

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100,000; hundred thousand

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fainting; swooning

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exaggeration

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200; two hundred

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80000; many

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7000; seven thousand

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universe; cosmos; space

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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talk; recital; narration; topic

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