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Ace of spades

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ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

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weak person; the weak

3

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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bookshop; bookstore

4

biggest; largest scale

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good job

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to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

2

to peek; to peep

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two groups; two bands

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target

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to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at

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(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal

3

losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal

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locked room; secret room

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trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope

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Ellery Queen

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car

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Van Dine

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detour; circumvention; turning movement

2

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)

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original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)

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learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

3

(doing) together

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

3

is that so?

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to fail to hear; to miss

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to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout

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rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)

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rage; anger

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breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas

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to tumble down; to roll down

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rock; boulder; crag

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to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

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slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

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to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

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roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)

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all; everything

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customer service smile

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strongly; violently; with all one's strength

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curious onlookers; rubbernecks

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the ten precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue

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chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

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last days; the end; one's fate

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly

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to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face

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to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more

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