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Sachertorte; chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing

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precisely because

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it

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attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

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indicates emphasis

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to talk to oneself; to mutter

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glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

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to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

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one hour

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

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to escape

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whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

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suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

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cake

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to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

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high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score

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trembling from fear; trembling all over

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severe earthquake; violent tremor

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desperate; hopeless

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light; faint; pale; fleeting

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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indignation; resentment

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crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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four (long cylindrical things)

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

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crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

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display

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of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

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haunted house

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

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temple (side of head)

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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to drink in one gulp

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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to half-rise to one's feet

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decisive moment; critical moment; crucial moment

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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goddess; female deity

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son; penis

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

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polydactyly; polydactylism; hyperdactyly

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occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

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