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family crest

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without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

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parchment

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bond; deed; contract

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war of words

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to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

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as soon as possible; ASAP

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warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment

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highest grade; superlative degree

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messenger; envoy; emissary

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shivering; trembling

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tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

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pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling

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understood; I see; OK; present; here

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unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

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nowhere

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to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

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out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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major earthquake; large earthquake

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local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated

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massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

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at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

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fine thread

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wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)

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I; me

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to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

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to throw open; to leave open

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escape; getaway; evasion

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to tell (somebody) to (do something)

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to knit (one's eyebrows)

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

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disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

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uprising; revolt

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to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

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castle

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to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

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political climate; political situation

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laughingstock; butt of ridicule

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many kinds; various

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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and then; and so; and; so then

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saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

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