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strangeness; abnormality; disorder

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if it is the case that ...

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morals; morality; ethics

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to scatter away; to vanish

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in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

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succession of victories

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rim; brim; edge; brink

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chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things

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foundation; basis

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bronze

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tightly; snugly

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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joint; seam; joining point

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otherwise; or else; if not

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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to be worn down; to be reduced

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

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connection; relation

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

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to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

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dress

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big man; large man; tall man; giant

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to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)

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ant

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commanding officer

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ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

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notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

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hammer

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expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit

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commander; commanding officer; CO

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blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

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seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

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to suspect

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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to reread; to read again

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to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

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to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away

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it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

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one's property; personal effects; one's belongings

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essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

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and so; therefore; for that reason

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to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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useless; worthless; absurd; baloney

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ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

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thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

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