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big problem

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shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

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again; once more; a second time

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calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

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to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind

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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

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nursing (a patient)

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refusal

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a few hours

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since a little while ago

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to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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I told you so; you see that?

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immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

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beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

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soul; spirit

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cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

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(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

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to change one's mind

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

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deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

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phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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good night

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assassin

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to fall asleep

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(convalescent) rest

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maybe; could be; might

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I've got to be going; I must go

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elapsed time

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

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to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

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oath; vow

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to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

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information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

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fairy tale

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opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

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whichever one chooses; either way

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cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

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feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

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to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down

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a bolt out of the blue

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to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

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(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

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