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romantic comedy; rom-com

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

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tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

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in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

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sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

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important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

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to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

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key rack; (wall-mounted) key holder; key hook

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100 percent

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to lie down; to throw oneself down

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to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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suddenly; abruptly; impulsively

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apologetic

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to bring back

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stalker; stoker

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approach; approach shot

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

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to hang one's head; to droop one's head

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

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tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

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walking briskly; determinedly

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

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klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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duty; role; function

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peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

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to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

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My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

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thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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belligerent

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to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

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to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

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honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

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each other; one another

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casual language

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Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata)

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