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true character; real nature

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pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

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victim

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to continue to increase; to continue to mount

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chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

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always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible

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to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

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shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

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foreboding

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telepathic communication

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springy (texture); puffy

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loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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Degas

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home run

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a little bit; a little while

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to degenerate; to lapse into

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way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

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inhuman person; fiend; beast; brute

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brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

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deed; act

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faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

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to degenerate; to lapse into

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

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stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

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absorption; suction; attraction

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glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal

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hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles

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ignition; lighting; firing; setting off

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with a bang

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subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

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ascertainment

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to be able to manage somehow or another

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awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

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grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

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overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

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prime of life

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man; male; masculine gender

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youth; young man

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father

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arrest; apprehension; capture

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empty-handed

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long sword; minute hand (of a clock)

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wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword

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to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

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to be uncommon

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minimum; lowest; minimal; least

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