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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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schedule; program; programme; agenda

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sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

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invitee

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newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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(political) power; authority; influence

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influence; clout; leverage

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to compete with; to vie for

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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appearing all together

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sales promotion; hard selling

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number of (large) animals

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to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

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egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

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to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

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to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

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duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

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miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

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written invitation

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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viscount

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dance (esp. Western style); dancing

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degree of relative priority

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to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody

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content of a letter

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cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

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behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

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a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some

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getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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manner; style

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to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

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sons and daughters; children; girl

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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first half

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

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debutante

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unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

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invitation

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queen

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connection; pull

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present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

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expectation; assume will happen; forecast

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