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innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-

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even

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unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

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close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

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mailer

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father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

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to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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adult; grown-up

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

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holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

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inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

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troublesome; bothersome

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

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all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain

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children

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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calamity; disaster; misfortune

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same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

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to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

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not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

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point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

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one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

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coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming

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cough; coughing; tussis

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dungeon

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to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

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suicide

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eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

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to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

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to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)

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unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed

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to writhe in agony

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to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

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young girl; lass; adolescent female

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ahem

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to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest

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representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

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both feet; both legs

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to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

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