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thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

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expression; phraseology

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rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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separation; farewell; parting

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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with one's own hands

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to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

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regret; repentance; remorse

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wise person; sage

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whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

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always; at any time

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seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy

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self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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potato (Solanum tuberosum)

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

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good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

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prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

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contradiction; inconsistency

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to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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ideal; ideals

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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sincerity; good faith

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raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

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sincere; honest; faithful

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding

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splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

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life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

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to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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warmly; cordially; with tender care

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

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guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

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guidance; protective custody

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innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

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to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

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police; police officer; police station

3

filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime

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theft; stealing; larceny

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to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink

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puberty; adolescence

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joke; playfulness; kidding around

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boy; man; male

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