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(written) contract; agreement

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one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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financial affairs

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approval; license; licence; permission

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official document; archives

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to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

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to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

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outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

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it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...

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to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

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promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution

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to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

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powerful person; influential person

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sanction; approval

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backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

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to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other

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confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

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to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

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demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over

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a surplus; an excess

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initial budget; original budget

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another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!

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national budget

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one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two

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counter for countries

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

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holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

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to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

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several hundred; hundreds (of)

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

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1,000,000; one million; million; many

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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somehow; for some reason or other

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unexpected; unforeseen; strange

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ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

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to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor

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purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment

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to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist

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to have a reason; to have an excuse

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excessive; too much; unreasonable

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nonfulfillment of a contract; contractual non-performance; breach of contract

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

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exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though

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to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

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(means of) raising money

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to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

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to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

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to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe

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