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interview (e.g. for a job)

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unreasonable demand

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opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

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true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

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opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

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what do you want?; can I help you?

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before long; even now

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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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luckily; blessedly; fortunately

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

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painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

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deep emotion; strong feelings

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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to grasp tightly

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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to open one's eyes wide

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to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

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to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

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

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off-the-record

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

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freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

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immediately following

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first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address

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what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

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lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)

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good morning

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to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

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both eyes

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in large drops

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

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hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

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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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feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

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putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

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desperate; hopeless

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similar

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