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to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

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street corner

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center; centre; metropolis

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as ordered

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prostitution

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net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective

1

illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining

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dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

4

to overcharge; to rip off

1

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

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to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

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through a wall; on the other side of a wall

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dog; doggy; bow-wow

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doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor

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to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled

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intimidating enough to quieten a crying child

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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

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first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

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very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

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under the floor

7

drinking while standing

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Leda

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noble rot; Botrytis cinerea infection, esp. of grapes

1

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

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laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

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to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away

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butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop

2

the first and second; a few

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to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime

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fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family

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surrender

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to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

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presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

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alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery

1

somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

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rich person

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to draw back; to leave (the area)

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to say; to be pleased to say

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

2

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

3

to peek; to peep

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inspection; examination; check

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starching (e.g. clothes); pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)

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insurgent; rioter; mob

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(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit

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dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)

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