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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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dance performance

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star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star

2

firecracker

1

ignition; lighting; firing; setting off

2

spark

2

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

1

no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

3

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

pillar of fire; blazing column

1

plosive sound

1

very; extremely; excessively

3

school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report

1

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

2

blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect

1

persecution; oppression

1

accusation; complaint; charge; legal action

1

willing to do; prepared

1

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

2

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

1

doorway; door; hatch

1

epitaph; inscription on a tombstone

1

afterlife; the next world; the world beyond

2

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

2

farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case

2

sterling

1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

1

(how) many times; (how) often

1

flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

2

offensive ability

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without leaving any trace

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

3

modern society

3

satire; irony; sarcasm

1

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

4

to survive

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(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso

2

extermination; expulsion; destruction

1

unbelievable (extent)

2

chief; main; principal; major

1

to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

3

obliteration; annihilation

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

6

hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay

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safety zone; traffic island

2

great haste; mad rush

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to one's heart's content or satisfaction

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