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lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

4

head start; initiative; preemption

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

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playboy

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

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to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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to shine; to glitter; to be bright

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to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

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parental love or affection

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

3

a little bit; a little while

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without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

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in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

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infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass

3

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

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extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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putting off; postponing

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to occur; to happen

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to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

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

2

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

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back country; remote countryside

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tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

2

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

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guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

2

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

3

to tighten; to press hard

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

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messenger; envoy; emissary

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interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

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editing; compilation

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broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

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television station

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right; privilege

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abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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journalism

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windward; upwind

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to Google; to search for information on the WWW

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technique; method

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