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special law; special exception law

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special case; exception

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safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person

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cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

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(enactment of) legislation; lawmaking; legislative

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voting right

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candidate; applicant

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censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification

1

to make an appeal to the confidence of

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to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

1

grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

1

fatal wound

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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

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to soothe and humor; to coax

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Diet nomination of a prime minister

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information leak; intelligence leak

2

within; inside of; less than

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state of progress

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notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

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penalty

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fee; charge; fare

1

to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

2

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

1

state secrets; secrets of the state

1

paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight

1

rear-view mirror

2

to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed

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presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity

3

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

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natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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relation; relative; kind; cordial

2

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

2

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

2

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

1

red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist

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embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

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to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)

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mirror

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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souvenir; memento

1

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

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being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)

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to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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