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course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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the latter

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convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

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to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

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to become excited; to grow lively

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to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

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risky; dangerous; insecure

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

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hope; wish; aspiration

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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how (can); by what means

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haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

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personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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mystery; mysteriousness; secret

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to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

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curt; point-blank

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young girl; lass; adolescent female

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to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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to etch into one's mind; to remember well

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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forty; 40

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to dishevel (hair)

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sudden change; complete change

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

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thumbnail

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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priest; minister; pastor

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same level; same extent

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to smile

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very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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too much; excessively; too

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lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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manager; landlord; warden; root (user)

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excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

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gentle; mild-mannered

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good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

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