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softly; mildly; gently; politely

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to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

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sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

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to apologize; to apologise

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or; or else

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previous engagement; prior contract

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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conspiracy; collusion

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safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

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error; mistake; slip; bug

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liar; fibber

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modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

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to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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conclusion

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(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

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pinpoint

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

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in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely

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leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)

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being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to

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expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

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to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

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tenacity; endurance

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to compete; to bid; to sell at auction

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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thumb; big toe

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance

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letter (of alphabet); character; writing

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to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

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good grief

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game

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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to tear (up) paper

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to tear; to rip

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to break into fragments; to go to pieces

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no trouble; easy; simple

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affectation; pretension

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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pluralizing suffix

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

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