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to make a speech; to address

3

to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse; to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point

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the exact opposite

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drinking alcohol

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illicit sexual relationship

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form; shape; figure

1

unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

2

prevention; check

1

(words to) that effect

1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

2

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

reservation; putting on hold; deferment

1

to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

1

belligerent

1

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly

1

to say too much; to go too far

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

impoliteness

1

to apologize; to apologise

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

2

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

2

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening

2

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

3

nervousness; oversensitivity

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

children

1

school education; formal education

1

bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with

1

training (esp. in-service); induction course

1

to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with

1

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

1

divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

1

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

1

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

1

affectation; pretension

1

regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety

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one's own child; one's own children

1

morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious

2

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

1

offensive; aggressive

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

riskiness; (level of) danger

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