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stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

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perfect score; full marks; perfection; grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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independence; autonomy; self-reliance

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righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way

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sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time

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to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

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cattleya (type of orchid)

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sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

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becoming fraught with emotion

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sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

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being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless

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(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling

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to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute

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to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to)

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to bring back

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hindsight-based opinion

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comeback; recovery; restoration; rally

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for one thing ...

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very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount

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saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver

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to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

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curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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toddling; taking tottering steps

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paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)

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dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)

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grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

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to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily

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one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

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watchdog; chaperone; watcher

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(blinking) repeatedly

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simple; simplified; easy; plain

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acupuncturist

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emperor's secret orders

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scarlet; crimson; cardinal red

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failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

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supra-rational

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Dragon King; promoted rook

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page; nth page; page ...

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evil god

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soul; soul music

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sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)

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to look upward

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rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

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corner; nook; recess

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midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

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being angry (suddenly)

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