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speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)

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womb; uterus

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before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

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abdomen

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(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt

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poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

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contraceptive device; birth-control device

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

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entire world; whole world; world stage

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Dark Lord (fiction)

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like; as if; the same as

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close to the wall; alongside the wall

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transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

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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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trifling matter; trifle

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involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

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creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

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you; I; me; oneself

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crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

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in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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strong pressure; heavy pressure

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preface; introduction; preamble

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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commitment; pledge; promise

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to leave to one's imagination

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profitable; worn-out; crumbling

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evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

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barricade

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to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

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clunk; thump

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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off

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in tatters; in pieces; wiped out

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sack; carry-all bag

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completely beating somebody up; being completely knocked down; thoroughly bashing somebody

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

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not counted (in the score); not tallied

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emergency measures

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(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency

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stop

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degree of difficulty

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way; method; means; (technical) specification

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full throttle; full power

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