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to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself

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a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant

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funny story; funny anecdote

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powerful; strong; mighty

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annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

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to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

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hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

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to take by surprise

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fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

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crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

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assistance; support

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wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical

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level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

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to notify; to advise; to inform

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regulation; control

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to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

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preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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number of soldiers

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top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

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disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

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to head home; to leave for home

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shit!; damn!

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literally; to the letter; literal

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couch; bench; ottoman; settee

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to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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strange voice

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low voice; whisper

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what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

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to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

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to be conceited

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withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy

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to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

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splish-splash; glug-glug

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feelings of guilt

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turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

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estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

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being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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never mind!; don't worry about it

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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responsibility; duty; obligation

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in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for

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hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

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corpse; dead person

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to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

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