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look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

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step; pace; stride

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exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

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sharp parting remark; parting threat

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to break into fragments; to go to pieces

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bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

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disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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beyond one's control; nothing one can do

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one's dominant hand

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weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

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the wife; the missus

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to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something

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boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

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osteoporosis

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a long time ago

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national treasury

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here and there; everywhere

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salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper

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cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

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incompetent

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strong-style wrestling; pro wrestling as a fighting style

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two (long cylindrical things)

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to push (something) against

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to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

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to squeeze out; to wring out

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somehow or other; for some reason or another

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settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards

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to manage something successfully; to be successful

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confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

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to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way

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degree of difficulty; difficulty level

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to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

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quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully

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gasping

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to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

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to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

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major incident; major happening; big scandal

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

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to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

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serious injury

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inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing

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guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor

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one week

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to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last

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by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

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