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boastful speech; bragging

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shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

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woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

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soot

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to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

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self-torturing; masochistic

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to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button; to bungle up the order

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this

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incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

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slap in the face; slap on the cheek

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to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

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power; might; authority; influence

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transferring the capital

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tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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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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to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

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intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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guess; speculation; supposition

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effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

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irresolute; hesitant

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who the heck; just who

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the farthest ends; the furthest ends

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to put one's hand on; to touch

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knee dislocation; making somebody's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)

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to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat

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from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

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cooperation; collaboration

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police; police officer; police station

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what day; how many days

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it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

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unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still

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what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

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to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

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clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant

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asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

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complaint; grumble

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I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

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searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting

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being startled

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solution; way out

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right in the center (centre)

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going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out

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feelings of guilt

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generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

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to drag out

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while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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