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to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up

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to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

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level; value

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

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choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion

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raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning

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preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

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fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

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compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

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diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

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beheading; decapitation

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with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop

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gun point; muzzle

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to burn off

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aperture; bore; calibre; caliber

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bullet; shot; shell

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hide; pelt; animal skin

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ectogenesis; outside the body

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discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion

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to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh

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analysis

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boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

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it seems so; that's what it looks like

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it seems that; as if

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even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

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practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)

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to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

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guaranteed; authentic; certified

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bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)

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rearguard; rear guard; back (player)

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middle guard; halfback (e.g. football); center forward (e.g. volleyball); centre forward

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loading; charging; filling

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nonchalantly; without a care

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to dishevel (hair)

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ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless

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dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

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bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent

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raging fire; conflagration

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one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable

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a sound; one sound

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(not) even; (not) any

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(feeling of) trust

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to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

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pattern; design

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identical (of twins); monozygotic; unioval; uniovular

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