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special mention

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several years

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game in which the points (or prize) double with each win; exponential increase; rapidly multiplying growth

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gradual increase

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some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden

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secret; mystery

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export value; value of exports

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agricultural products

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price decline; fall in price

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that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me

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burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts

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unreasonable idea; illogical plan; illogical move (in shogi or go)

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to come back (to); to return to a starting point

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small bones

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to kick hard

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annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

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pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

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starting line (in a race); start line; starting point

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fall; decrease (in income)

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same level; same extent

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increase in yield

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principle of reciprocity

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person obsessed with thoughts of sex; being obsessed with love or lust

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being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious

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use; utility; effect; benefit

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

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separate case; another matter; different matter; another project

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casualties; killed and wounded; human damage

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to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

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reduced budget; budgetary austerities

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shark

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common gull (Larus canus); gull (Laridae spp.); seagull

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to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

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policing (an area, etc.) by oneself; protecting by oneself; cautioning oneself; taking care; local government police; municipal police

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humane

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forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo

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to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

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any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

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riding habit

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near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

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riding boots

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light cavalry

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one's parents' generation

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to speak fluently; to be a good talker

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unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

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devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing

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within eyeshot; within sight; in view

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to keep silent

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walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

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