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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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literary talent

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literary master

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

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marriage

3

to take (be in) charge of

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the fifth

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Carlos

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half-dead

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

5

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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against; contrary to

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to dream (of)

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apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

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desire; wish; aspiration

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to happen to have on hand or in stock

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same mother

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

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bedridden; confined to bed

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to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

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house arrest

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posterity; future life; life to come

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to subsist; to keep on living

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Konrath

3

concern; interest

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infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

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surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

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Henrick; Henryk

2

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters

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close; intimate; on good terms

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to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

3

flight; rout; debacle

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

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to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

2

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

2

body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander

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Rupert

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princess; consort

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very young; little; childish; immature

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