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comedy; funny show

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

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... all over again (repeating the same failure)

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moment of death

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satisfactory; decent

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growth; metamorphosis

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

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extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

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to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

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to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

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to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

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please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

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to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

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(a) look; gaze

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emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

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to do as one likes

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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sunglasses

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate

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career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility

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unlucky

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simply; merely; only; solely

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

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reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

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ten years; decade

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to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

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page

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book; volume; this; present; main; head

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love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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thank you

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taking up a new post

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to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

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well-mannered; courteous

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to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

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to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

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book; volume

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to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on

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deck chair

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to walk in on; to tread upon

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to ring a bell

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cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

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reply; answer; response

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