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enemy forces

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to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

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vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

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way (of doing); method

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

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distant look; faraway look

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formal; orthodox; in earnest

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radiant heat

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electromagnetic wave

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cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

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since; this person

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goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul

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to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

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one by one; in detail; minutely

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ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

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to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from

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all the more; still more

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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

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secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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just; right; pure; genuine; truth

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to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

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blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity

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to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

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counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

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to run around; to bustle about

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collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

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to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

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to become complicated

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to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)

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before long

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entreaty; appeal; petition

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to detain; to check; to restrain

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition

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certainly; surely; definitely

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to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue

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ray of hope; glimmer of hope

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to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

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certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

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once more

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to blow out; to spout out

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while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

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being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

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to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; (lit.) to turn to the sky and spit

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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as (somebody) says

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I agree with you; it is as (someone) says

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worry; anxiety; concern

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