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to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

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

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being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed

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tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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putting off; postponing

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on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

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bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

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to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill

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not until now; never yet

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worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad

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trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

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strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

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to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

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exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

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to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)

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to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

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numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

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sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

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superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart

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hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

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onlooker; bystander

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to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

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without thinking of the consequences

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rare

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to push away; to push aside; to shove

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rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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swoon; faint

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

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endless; ceaseless

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to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

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muddy stream

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bottom; sole

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romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

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to hell with; be damned

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to bite off; to gnaw through

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tingling; stinging; pungently

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venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

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to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself

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to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race

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copybook; model; pattern

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to pretend

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few in number

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to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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