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if possible

2

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

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babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying

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to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled

1

remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding

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envy

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

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very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency

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modest; reserved

1

meaningless; pointless

1

antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

1

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

confrontation; showdown

1

modesty; self-control; discretion

3

supremacy

1

to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

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competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants

2

application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

1

cough; ahem

1

unfortunately

1

splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

1

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

1

to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

1

(feelings of) love

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having a child from a former relationship (when remarrying); bringing along one's child; being accompanied by one's child

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young; youthful

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free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

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it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

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on the way home from work

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sundry; various; assorted

1

to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view

1

covert action; covert operations

1

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

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whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity

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sidelong glance; flirtatious glance

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other; another; over; more than; I; me

1

to rise; to flourish

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volume (sound)

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killing two birds with one stone

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four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)

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(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed

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hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

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unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

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most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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