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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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prison; penitentiary

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to hang (e.g. oneself)

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here and there; everywhere

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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say; well; um; er

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to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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train; railway train

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selling off; disposal by sale; sale

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real estate

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to distribute; to hand out

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to sell off; to sell completely

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settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

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exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time

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favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

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to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

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conviction; belief; confidence

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to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

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to overflow from something full

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spring; fountain

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stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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as (somebody) says

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to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

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humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

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weekly publication; weekly magazine

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newspaper story (article, account)

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

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to bear; to endure

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

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to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

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once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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beyond one's means or position

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fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

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long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

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thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker

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look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

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closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts

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