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hen-pecked husband

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elegant; graceful

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beautiful well-proportioned woman (body 8 times longer than head)

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beautiful woman

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

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imposing stance; daunting pose

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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to use up; to squander

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preservation; retainment; keeping

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though one didn't intend (expect) to

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child

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

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to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

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dream

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to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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the scruff or nape of the neck

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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fool; blockhead; idiot; dunce

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to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

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to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

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pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

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to triumph; to be elated with success

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to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

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some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

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to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

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will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fantuus

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desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

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rubbing one's hands together

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to occupy much space

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such; like that; in that way

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verbal promise; one's word

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legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)

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contract; compact; agreement

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life span

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to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

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coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

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to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

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to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

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direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)

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blocking the way; standing in the way

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end of the earth

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to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

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to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

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balance

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to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

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to roll about; to writhe about

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