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Antonin

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dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

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to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

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to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you

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chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

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Mucha

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to covet; to lust for

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meathead; muscle head; person who is obsessed with bodybuilding

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lisping; cooing

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outline; contour line; border line

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court painter

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a bolt out of the blue

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Danjou

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to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

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Anatidae (duck family of birds)

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complete loss of face

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to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

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to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over

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spiral staircase

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how much (long, far)

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till we meet again

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to scoop up; to dip up

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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administrative ability; managerial ability; ability to manage; administrative capacity

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Gisele; Giselle

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Prague (Czech Republic)

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brothers; male siblings

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clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

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to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out

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would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

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Twelve Apostles

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asset management

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flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)

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pessimistic

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dining table; a dish (type of food)

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falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

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comprehensive; inclusive; encompassing

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whether one wants to or not; without choice

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sacrifice fly

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same sort; same kind; same genus; homologous; congeneric

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eternity; permanence; perpetuity

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to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

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sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent; caretaker

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flint; firestone

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expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)

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to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

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self-denial

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to listen attentively to; to be lost in

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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