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'Ndrangheta

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8,000,000; eight million

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before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)

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showing no fear, even of God

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Wyatt Earp

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Sicilian Mafia

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Jesse James (actor)

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fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

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Klondike (Canada)

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Muybridge

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marrow; pith; centre; center; bottom of one's heart

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alternate plan

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argument

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Parkins; Perkins

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extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

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Hippocrates

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personal admonition; remonstration

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to grate; to scrape off

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unavoidable; inevitable

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Omertà

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anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

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counterfeit goods; fake; (a) forgery

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food distribution

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Al Capone

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to install a telephone

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probably not so

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Walter Benjamin

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chin strap

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stand-up paddle surfing; SUP; stand-up paddle boarding

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carpenter

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New Deal

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hydroplane; seaplane

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a morning drink (of sake)

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lacking in prudence; lacking in judgement

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fierce

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unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

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to open wide; to reveal hidden contents

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goby (fish)

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Italian Peninsula

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failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

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professional storyteller

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major recession; serious (economic) depression; Great Depression

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emitting smoke; fuming

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out of character; unlike one

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thrust at the opponent's throat

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Dian

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cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

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balance; equilibrium

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disliking people similar to oneself

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