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to become better; to improve

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to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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proposal; offer; request; application

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visit for no reason; go on fool's errand

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to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

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left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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demand for; request

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to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

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to brave a danger; to take a risk

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

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behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

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will; volition; intention; intent; determination

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to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

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posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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knitting needle

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(your) time

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

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clanging; empty; deserted

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damage; injury

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restoration; repair; mending

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

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to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

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to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself

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dealing with; coping with

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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unbelievable; incredible; implausible

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to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

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boasting; bragging; talking big

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to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

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

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to meet face-to-face

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injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky

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baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

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fool

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courageous; brave; bold; valiant

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luckily

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depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

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