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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous

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to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

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to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

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(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)

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to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

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dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

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every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

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cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

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debutante

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unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds

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to throw at; to turn; to raise

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first meeting; first interview with

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nowadays; recently

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successor

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heredity; (genetic) inheritance

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to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

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companion; partner; spouse

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick

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deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

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compared with

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to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

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wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

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insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

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present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

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chaos

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

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cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

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wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

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fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger

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in succession; one by one

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to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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to be

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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to cause harm (to)

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ideal; ideals

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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they; them

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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next term; next period; next version; next release

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