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Egyptian civilization (civilisation)

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Nile (river)

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antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

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(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

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bloodshed

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to pull down

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governor; leader; ruler

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willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

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to swallow one's tears; to choke back one's tears; to hold back one's disappointment; to suppress one's mortification

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undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge

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to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

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arbitrariness; self-will; whim

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record keeper; recorder; archivist

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(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

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to be softened; to calm down

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modern style; modernness

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next seat; adjacent seat

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runny-nosed child; sniveler; sniveller; greenhorn; inexperienced person

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logrolling tactics

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to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)

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pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story

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state secrets; secrets of the state

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prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)

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undermentioned (statement); the following; at left

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frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully

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skull

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to shave off; to scrape off

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personal property; personal effects

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monitor lizard

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(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area

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sake bottle

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evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting

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schoolgirl; female student

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lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness

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to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

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national treasury

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completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright

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one's condolences; feelings of sympathy

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national polity

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system of government

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true to one's name; living up to one's name

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oneself and others; subject and object; transitivity; transitive verbs and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith

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readiness to die; (in the) face of death

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to lose one's appetite

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nomad

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characteristic; feature; special quality

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pangs of conscience

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to cut down (e.g. trees)

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underwater

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