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smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

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speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

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tip of the nose

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to sniff; to smell

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of all people

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to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

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to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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assumption; supposition; hypothesis

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to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

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to run away and hide

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

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to become clear; to be made public

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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chivalrous thief

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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recovery; undoing; recall

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elucidation; explicit statement; specification

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mere; simple; sheer

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plan; idea; design; plot

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to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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fair; fare; fear

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the end

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impossible to do (although wants to)

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

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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

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awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

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troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

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bad taste

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gravesite; tomb

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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loser; defeated person; the defeated

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

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do-or-die game; crucial contest

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flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke

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gambling

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most; much; greatly

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

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to increase; to grow

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