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beyond one's means or position

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to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

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scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle

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to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

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one's social position; one's place; one's standing

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

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status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

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violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

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stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

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negotiable; further discussion needed

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bundle; bunch; sheaf

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imitation; sham; -like

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claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

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to force back; to jostle

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1,000,000; one million; million; many

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first day; opening day

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

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if I (we, etc.) could

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to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

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shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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having no money; lack of money

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

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before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

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passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)

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measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

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to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

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the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition

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to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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not one

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to have both; to possess both; to combine with

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extremely dangerous; full of peril

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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

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to reread; to read again

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to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

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(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

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special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke

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to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

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