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in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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light; faint; pale; fleeting

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

2

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

1

honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

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carpet

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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be; is

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

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manner; style

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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to make a serious effort

3

switch

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

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negative; minus

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

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motive; incentive; motif

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

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result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

2

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to do

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love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

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or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

2

anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence

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to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

3

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

2

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

2

parting; separation; farewell

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serious wound; hard blow

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

2

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

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