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verbal message; word (from someone)

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to pause; to have a short intermission

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seeming sad

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to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

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softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

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conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

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notice; attention; observation

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to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

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makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure

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fixed content; settled matter; done deal

2

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

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resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability

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origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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evil spirits of rivers and mountains

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desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

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power struggle

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different person; another person; someone else; changed man

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sophistry; sophism

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prestige; dignity

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to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

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very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast

3

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

1

in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

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to entrust; to leave to a person

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

4

in those days

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clique; faction

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split; division; break up

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summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling

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just because; even if; even though

4

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

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appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

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starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

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snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

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performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

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to have a reason; to have an excuse

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act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

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to make known

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truth; real situation

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fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

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fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

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to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

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innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

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fate; chance

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to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

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unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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