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a hard time; pains

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in the meanwhile; during the time

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strongly; violently; with all one's strength

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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

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mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

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bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed

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end; close; finish; termination

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to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up

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steel

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ageing; aging; senile deterioration

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rhythm

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gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous

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cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

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feelings; thoughts; meaning

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to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

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to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

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half

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feel; touch

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even

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owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

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stifled (laughter); simmering

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to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear

3

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

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pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names

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form; shape; figure; morph

2

to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle

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imitation; copying

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bet; wager; stake; gamble

1

to want; to desire

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to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off

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you can do it if you try

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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preserved foods

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to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

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usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

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to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo

2

likability; favorability; popularity

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great; grand; extensive; large-scale

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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a bit more; a bit longer

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greatest ... in history

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to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

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to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

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that's so, isn't it

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to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

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