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to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

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decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

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to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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one's long-cherished desire

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occupation; calling; livelihood

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the same opinion

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to rely on

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person who has great confidence (faith) in himself

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disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

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favorable; favourable

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oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

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to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

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accomplishment; execution

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you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

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squad; section; (naval) division; detachment

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scouting; reconnaissance

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duty; function; office; mission; task; role

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squad leader; divisional officer

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usually; under usual circumstances

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serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

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to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

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work; job; labor; work

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

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chance; opportunity

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woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)

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battalion; large force

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to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly

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main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops

8

after the end (of something)

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in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

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monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

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not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

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eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

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failure; mistake; blunder

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sound; sure; safe; steady; firm

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to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

1

donation; presentation; gift

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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generously; liberally; magnanimously

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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such ... as; or some such

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meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

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corners of the mouth

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to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up

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engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably

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