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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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almost; nearly; close to

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to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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prank; practical joke

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to lend an ear to; to listen to

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to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

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to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

2

suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

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stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

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study; diligence; discount; reduction

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platonic

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training (animals); breaking (animals)

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motto

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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right half of the body

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discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

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to express; to show

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not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

3

second (in a series)

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familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

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sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

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already; now; no longer; not any more

1

to release

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spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

2

deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction

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Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point

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calf (of leg)

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thigh; femoral

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every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

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muscle

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twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

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high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force

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to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

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screw; propeller (e.g. on a ship)

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to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

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technique; art; skill; move

2

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

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unicorn; narwhal; qilin (Chinese unicorn)

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bloody battle

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throughout the body

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leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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to reach; to get to; to arrive at

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gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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strong; intense; severe

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transcendence; excellence; superiority

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