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a promise or pledge

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three cannons

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to threaten; to intimidate

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boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person

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nun

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garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

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to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

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to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart

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heaven helps those who help themselves

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to complain; to pester; to plead; to beg

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monopolizing; monopolising; monopolization; monopolisation

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look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

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to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged

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to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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empty; meaningless; worthless

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to have a bitter experience

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onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)

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good neighbour; good neighbor

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mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall

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to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on

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respectable; decent

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(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)

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superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom

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repulsion

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face covered with pimples

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weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs

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to overcut

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(one's) late father

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lecher; philanderer

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to carry under the arm; to scoop up (liquid)

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legal wife; her child; main family

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to speak energetically; to talk big; to argue heatedly

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number of persons; numerical strength; head count

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to be caught by the enemy

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indescribable; inexpressible

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the Lord's name (esp. in Christianity)

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to read to (for) someone

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to cause a stir; to create a stir; to make a stir; to cause repercussions

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pericarp (ripened ovary wall forming part of a fruit); skin (of a fruit); peel; rind

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death from cold; freezing to death

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to the best of my ability, poor though it be

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jousting match; joust; tournament (medieval)

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to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar

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male-dominated society; patriarchal society

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clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker

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intimacy; closeness; close relative; pro- (e.g. pro-American)

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savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough

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walking without rest; walking continuously

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to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

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