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confusion; distraction; derangement

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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

1

small; compact

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

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partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

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full payment or delivery

1

to control; to command; to get the better of

1

to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled

1

jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos

1

payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner

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(in the same way) as before; as always

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diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger

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of all things

2

receipt (for delivery)

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contract; compact; agreement

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engagement; betrothal

2

to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine

1

nature; disposition

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signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

2

bodyguard

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black-market lending; illegal loan

1

office

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to threaten; to make threats

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pride in one's strength or skill

1

one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing

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disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves

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law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office

1

oath; vow; pledge; covenant

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

agency; intermediation

2

in public; in company; in the presence of others

1

elder sister; effeminate man

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care of; c/o

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

2

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner

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wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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music room

3

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

1

period; term; interval

2

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

1

light; easy; non-serious; minor

1

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

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big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

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seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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thousand; 1,000

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