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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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family name; house name; family honour; family honor

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howitzer

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

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to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

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specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

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dirty hands; grimy hands

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dining together; mess

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to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

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money; metal

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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money-making; earning money

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displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

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inside; within

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

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fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed

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suspicious

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-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen

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nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

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work; business; company; study

3

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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what is called; what they call; so-called

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he; she; that guy

4

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

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purse; handbag; wallet

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hardness; solidity

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to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

3

soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride

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internal combustion engine

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downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo

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to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

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reason; logic; sense; truth; right

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

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magic bullet; magic bullets

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confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)

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cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

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to burst open; to pop; to split

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to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

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whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)

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to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

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kaleidoscope

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carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

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(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

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to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

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secret art; the mysteries

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