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arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

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tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

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faint; swoon

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to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake

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to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

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troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

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advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

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tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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to yield; to give way to; to make way for

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to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

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habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

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to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood

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fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously

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evident; plain; distinct; clear

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rose

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standard equipment; standard feature

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

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to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow

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scar

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each (every) time; whenever

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repair; mending

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to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

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disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

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at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

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now that; since; as long as; provided that

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device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

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(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor

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long ago; already; a long time ago

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three meals (a day)

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to be able to eat; to be able to swallow

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likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences

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to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

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to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

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unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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