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malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

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damage; injury; defamation; harm

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illogical

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to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

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superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)

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crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

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to speak the truth

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excessive; too much; unreasonable

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

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piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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to throw on the fire; to burn

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work force

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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World Bank

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economist

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fainting; swooning

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Evora (Portugal)

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acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

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therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure

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bitter

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prescription

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forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

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impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

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speech and conduct; words and deeds

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(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

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project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

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wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

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to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

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unproductive; counterproductive

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cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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match (to light fire with)

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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romanticism

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retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

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dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full

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to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

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simultaneous; all at once

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proper; appropriate; due; suitable

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inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice

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everyone; one and all

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handy method; shortcut; expedient

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minority group (party); minority

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Ptolemaic theory; geocentric model; geocentrism

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majority group (party, faction)

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heliocentric theory; Copernican theory; heliocentrism; heliocentricism

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stupid

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