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first meeting; first interview with

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field; plain; prairie; moor

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tear-stained face

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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in all

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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to sob

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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benefactor; patron

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...

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several steps

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to be out of breath

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to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

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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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like that; that way

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to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately

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to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

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huge mound; heap; pile

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to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

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(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

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for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

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inquiry; enquiry; hearing

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interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

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to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

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invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing

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mass communication; mass media

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to run away; to run off

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capture; seizure

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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guidelines for action; personal principles

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control system

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to rush over; to run up to

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independence from parents

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past tense

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to etch into one's mind; to remember well

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of great promise; with a promising future

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irreplaceable

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to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)

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to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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back (of body)

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rigor mortis

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preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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