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even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods

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meta

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to fall in love

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calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

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amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

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to cut out; to clip from; to extract

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marriage

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with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

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short; brief

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several times (as large, over)

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to lower the curtain; to come to an end

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to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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rumble in the ground

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clapping and cheering; applause

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Moses

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huge success

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nice; good; well-executed

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calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious

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gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

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mistake; error; blunder

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even more; still more; further

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sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

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lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper

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soda

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removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

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plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)

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tiredness; fatigue

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feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation

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to finish dyeing

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doctors; teachers

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society; the world; the times

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unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

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memory; sense; experience

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to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

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(one's) self; oneself

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before now; hitherto

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even if not; even without

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Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

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sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

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to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

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harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

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in the same manner as before; the same as always

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in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

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study; diligence; discount; reduction

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

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to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak

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