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threat; intimidation; menace

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Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

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second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order

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great war; great battle; world war

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on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

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destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

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to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

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approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

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work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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mutual; reciprocal

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check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit

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on Earth

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to be worth it; to pay

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

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to crumble away; to collapse

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skeleton

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at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

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blow; hit (on the body); beating

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judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire

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censorship; inspection; examination

4

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

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to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

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to balance; to counterpoise; to remain unchanged; to share (e.g. the expense); to bear (part of)

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rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

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to play a central role; to take a leading part

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to be damaged; to receive damage

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distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness

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pump-priming; rousing; stimulation

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profit; earnings

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time limit

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impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking

3

grace; favour; favor

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helping hand; help; support; aid

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to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

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tremendous; immense

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to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

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in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

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to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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anguish

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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to begin to tremble

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to mow down

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to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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the ... in question

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reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup

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appearance; emergence

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look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk

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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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