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to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

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total amount of damage

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1,000,000,000; billion

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victim; injured party; sufferer

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(living on a) pension; annuity

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old person; old people

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old age

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root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

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to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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to be at a loss; to be puzzled

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recovery; undoing; recall

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to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

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commentator

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criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

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ebb and flow

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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remote control

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to switch off; to turn off

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to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

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unique; peculiar; singular

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

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handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)

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looks

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to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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compound; composite

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to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result

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to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

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unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of

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unit; (musical) group; band

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cannot possibly be

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some days; several days

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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image; picture; portrait

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camera

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both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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movie (film, screen) actor or actress

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good-natured; of good character

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professional

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smile

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