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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

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people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

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unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

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group; mass

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this occasion; at this time; now

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foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

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pressure; force

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to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

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stepping back; drawing back

2

people; men and women; each person; everybody

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walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

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all; everyone; everybody

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right to know; right to access information

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fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

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threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

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opinion; view; comment

2

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

3

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

2

many; much; plenty; hardly

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to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

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death sentence

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to turn round; to face about; to turn about

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but; however; provided that

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to increase; to grow

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everyone

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separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)

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dress

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to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)

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exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable

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darkish; dusky

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second place

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to change one's clothes

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

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commotion; stir

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising

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falsehood; lie

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crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

5

outspoken; frank; candid

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

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to breathe

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gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

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