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to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it

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degeneration; retrogression

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severe earthquake

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corpuscle; minute particle; particulate

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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attentive to detail; meticulous in one's work

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up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right

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grey-brown; gray-brown; dun

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channel

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to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

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to kneel

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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harmless

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earnest; single-minded

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to be worn down; to be reduced

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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revelation; apocalypse

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stipend; reward

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Gogmagog (giant)

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to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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capacity

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to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

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to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into

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to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

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forevermore; for eternity

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to make a fool of someone

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negotiations; discussions; connection

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breakdown; rupture

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making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

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one's duty; one's part

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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technique; method

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impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness

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amorous feelings; feeling of being in love

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subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive

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to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears

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exceptionally large

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backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser

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to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to

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many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

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any number of times

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to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

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soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

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of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

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Wailing Wall (Jerusalem); Western Wall

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

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to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

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lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

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