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diversionary tactics

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(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

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Schmidlin

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urgent business; pressing need; imperative

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special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment

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hard struggle; strenuous effort

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to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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convex

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hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia

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inexperienced

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forte; strong point

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to stop walking; to pause

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centre; center; middle

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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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cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

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lack of appetite; anorexia

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regular time; stated period

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letter of resignation

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one's pocket

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to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

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to act; to take action

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one previous

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to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose

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dividing and advancing

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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two days later; day after next; next day but one

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to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate

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centralized control

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U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

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unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

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(one's) current position; current location; present position

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flood; flooding

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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with resolution

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excessive; immoderate

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long time; long interval; for quite some time

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early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

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literary

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something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

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potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

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(not) even; (not) any

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to push and push; to keep pushing to the end

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Kauffman; Kauffmann

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bureau

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

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slowing down

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chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory

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to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate

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