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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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failure is the mother of success

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one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

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stew

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ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

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toe

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fabrication; pipe dream

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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wise; clever; smart

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to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

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leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

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dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

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private automobile

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whistle

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red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)

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rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

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going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

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barricade

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(how) many times; (how) often

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to continue riding

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to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

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tone; beep

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response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless

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spittoon

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goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

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(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency

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gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg

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to be scared

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

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former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend

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to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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not care; not caring

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wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward

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anguish; trouble; agony

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blunt; curt; brusque

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extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist

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passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy

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vanishing like mist

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to soften; to moderate; to relieve

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the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live

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to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

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to stop (plug) one's ears

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at the top of one's voice

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excite

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to overdo; to do too much

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to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short

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standing close together; bristling (with)

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