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last resort

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tree climbing

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

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programme; program; plans; arrangements

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

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distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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rush; charge

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

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short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

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figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

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the opposite direction; the other way

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to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout

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guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

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to take time

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to slide into; to slip into

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heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

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standing in a group; standing up in unison

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

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leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

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assistant

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work of art

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medicines; drugs

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weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

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animal

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stuffing; mounting; stuffed animal

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eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg

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example; specimen; sample

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high price

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

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to look away; to avert one's eyes

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scale; scope; plan; structure

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

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reinforcement

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royal capital; imperial capital

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letter; note

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later on; eventually; afterwards

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to make a sound

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to run down (stairs, etc.)

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crowd of people

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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