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sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

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schedule; program; programme; agenda

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front palanquin bearer; flunky; cat's-paw; tool

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centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

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unavoidable; inevitable

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-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

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another dimension; different level; whole other level

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bait; decoy; lure; easy prey; easy victim; sucker

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to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home

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to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

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sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

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to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

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officers and men

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insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

4

to sit silently at a meeting

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mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about

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individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

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just because; even if; even though

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commercial spirit; profit motive

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(distant) howling; backbiting

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(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

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serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence

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to slay; to kill

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

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retreat; retirement; depression (hole)

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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hard to get; hard to come by

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tool; implement; instrument; equipment

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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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necessities

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textbook; manual

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prosperity; flourishing; thriving

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squalid; messy

2

store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)

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with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

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foldable; collapsible

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camp stool; folding stool

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self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent

1

a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably

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assortment; product lineup

1

clothespin; clothes peg

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poster

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

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triple feature (e.g. movie)

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15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; heaven, earth and man; January 1; New Year's Day; ternary

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single standard; single base; single-feature show

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way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

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safe; certain

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