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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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Dragon King; promoted rook

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Mordred (in Arthurian legend)

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killing; murder

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strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

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one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

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to bite off

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dilemma; predicament

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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to happen to be present

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that gentleman; that lady; he; she

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killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

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hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine

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half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

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to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

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absolutely; positively; decidedly

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neck of a horse

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hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

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new; fresh; novel

4

to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

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right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

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to twine around

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one's person

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to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful

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three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

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four (long cylindrical things)

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given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

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being ruined; being spoiled; coming to nothing; complete loss of face

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to triumph; to be elated with success

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to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

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(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

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of all people

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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forced; compulsory

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swimming; bathing; getting on in the world

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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silhouette of a warship; sight of a warship

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great speed; recklessly fast speed

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live bait

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as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to

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to suck; to lick

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

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physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts

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(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing

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