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authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

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to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

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as usual

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alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

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circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

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to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

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you; (arch.) your residence

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renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; renewal

2

running in; rushing into; last-minute rush

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pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin

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to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

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to bring back

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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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 stare back (at); to glare back

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

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height (of body); stature

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

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very likely; very probable

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in a sense; in some way; to an extent

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to rack one's brains

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to act; to take action

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consistency

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lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

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only; nothing but

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

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yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

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gallant; dashing; jaunty

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witness

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important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station

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to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much

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to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

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bride and groom

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tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)

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unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

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bow (salute, greeting)

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future; distant future

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diplomatic; diplomatically

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possible; likely; probable

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refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding

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end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

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to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

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