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to lose one's life

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downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

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unspecified large number (of people)

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mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation

3

efficient

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for example; for instance; e.g.

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

same; similar; (just) like; equal

1

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

2

New Year's Eve; end of the year

1

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

1

to begin talking; to open up

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archbishop (Catholic)

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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otherwise; or else; if not

1

to be consistent; to be coherent

1

impossible

1

similar

1

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut

1

to lend a hand; to help

2

silence (not speaking); muteness

2

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

1

storm; windstorm; gale

1

desperate

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

2

arrest; apprehension; capture

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ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

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ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

2

to bind up; to tie up

1

to twine around

1

moving about; stirring about

1

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

1

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

5

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

civil war

1

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

1

Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)

1

gentle; mild-mannered

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to quell a rebellion

1

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

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