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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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retirement

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next year

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

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usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

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cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way

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good young man; agreeable youth

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to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

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glory; splendour; honour

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supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

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regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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armed forces; military; troops

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institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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concession; conciliation; compromise

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to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out

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to go out and away; to leave

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strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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to hang (something) on the wall

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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master painter; great artist

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masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

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to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

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to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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to awake from one's sleep

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

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mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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I pray; I wish

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to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

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