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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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brilliant; bright

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sunshine; sunlight

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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smartphone; smart phone

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by any standard; (not) even as flattery

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tree-planting program; tree-planting programme

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)

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striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

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understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

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mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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apology

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load; freight; cargo

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puffed up

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

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to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

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peace; harmony

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tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

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leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

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in succession; one after another

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blunder; bungle; gaffe

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to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

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weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover

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without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

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frequent; incessant

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moaning; muttering; complaining

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just because; even if; even though

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calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

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gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

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to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

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broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

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of all things

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to await; to expect

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imperial family; royalty

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personality; style; appearance

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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undeveloped country; third world country

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foreign country

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noble visitor

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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open; spacious; extensive

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dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

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quickly; briefly

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charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

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with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

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armed struggle

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