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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted

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to rise; to swell; to be promoted

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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

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solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

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projected to win; sure to be elected; home free

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to push aside; to brush aside

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superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement); ignoring (one thing) for (another)

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hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

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test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

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secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance

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aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

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charitable person; philanthropist; volunteer; supporter

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

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rose

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anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

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miscalculation

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ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

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dispute; resistance

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plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

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unofficial; unauthorised

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planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

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dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

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signs; omen; symptoms

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appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

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jest; joke; funny story

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depravity; corruption; degradation

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unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable

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being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

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(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)

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in accordance with plans; just as planned

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black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

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coherence; consistency

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complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins

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civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

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to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

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taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

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to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point

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to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

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late at night

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implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

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much the same

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

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too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

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nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

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