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to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

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sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

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(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

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catch; playing catch

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wild pitch

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fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

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to rely on

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chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

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to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

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to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of

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difference; disparity; gap

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aggregate amount

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

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(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant

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to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

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colony

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extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

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survival; survivor; relic

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breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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Monster Panic (film)

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movie; film

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

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to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

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doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)

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individual; private person; personal; private

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conclusion; completion

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one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

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living person; the living

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dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

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to wish to go well; to have good intentions

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without leaving any trace

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intervening

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ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

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arrow; wedge; chock

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declaration of war; proclamation of war

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very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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to disappear; to vanish into thin air

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if I (we, etc.) could

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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gust (of wind); blast

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to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

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to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

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wild flower; paper flowers (esp. as decoration at a funeral)

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