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softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

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dogmatism

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narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

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especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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arrestee; person arrested

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to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

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leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)

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to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

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each place; various places

2

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

3

one after another; in succession

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arrest; roundup

1

complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective

1

cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)

1

individual; separate; personal; case-by-case

1

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

1

wholesale arrest; round-up

1

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

1

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate

1

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

1

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

return to one's country

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to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

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for the first time in one's life

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

3

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

2

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

4

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

3

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

transactions; dealings; business

3

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

2

to challenge (a person) to a fight

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

2

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

2

missing; lacking

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and yet; despite (all) that

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human; humane

4

corpse; dead person

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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utmost limits; extremity; limit

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to continue (walking)

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