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to sell over to

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the lion's share; the cream

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to detest; to abhor; to loathe

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absence; disregard; indifference

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pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

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to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets

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to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

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skill

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perusal; one reading

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conservatives

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accepting bribes; corruption; graft

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embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

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to let one's guard down

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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to select; to pick out

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to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

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to bow; to worship; to receive; to see

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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a quarrel; argument

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to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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to hold a ceremony

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next day; following day

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attendance; serving

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lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants

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centrifuge

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doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

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large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive

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bribe; sweetener; douceur

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to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

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having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe

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dinner

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book; register

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leaving early

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to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions

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to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

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putting an entire family to death

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to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

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being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

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all means

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to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)

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feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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two or three

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bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

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