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to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

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to be afraid (of); to be frightened; to be scared; to tremble in fear; to shrink in fear

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knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning

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encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion

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(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

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law; legislation; act

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to cut into (a conversation); to interject

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your husband; her husband

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to be subject to punishment; to be punished

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promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution

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to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures

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leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

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processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

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experience

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dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop

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battlefield; battleground

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to run around; to bustle about

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doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence

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soldier

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moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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to shave

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to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive

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work; operation; task

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to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

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taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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peace; harmony

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

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happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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fiction; fabrication; concoction

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to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

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regret; repentance; remorse

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longevity; long life

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to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

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derailment; digression; deviation

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root; basis; foundation

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contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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exchange; conversion

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period; term; interval

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(period of) one year

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in the meanwhile; during the time

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method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

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limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

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the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

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