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a few hours

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ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

1

seat; sheet

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back (of a chair)

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

engagement; business; affair; use; need

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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to pretend

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support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

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to acquire a position; to hold an appointment

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underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

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to commit a crime; to do evil

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discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

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high class; noble

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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unjust; inhuman

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just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

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ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

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subordinate person

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curt; point-blank

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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defense; defence; guard; policing; security

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

2

to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

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glare; sharp look

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enemy territory; hostile place

3

amusement; fun; brief entertainment

1

now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease

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steady; sound; reliable; solid

1

what day; how many days

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to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

definite

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to fall asleep

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middle of the night; dead of night

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small; compact

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to take to task; to take it out on

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

3

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

2

next morning

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

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link; directory entry; rink

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great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

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being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

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to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow

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to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out

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