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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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bowling (esp. tenpin)

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old type; old style

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refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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fluke; chance; pure luck

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to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

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spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw

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to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

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to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

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rice covered with grated yam

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just now; a little while back; a short time ago

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agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms

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transfer to a different hospital; hospital transfer

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to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

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as planned; according to plan

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anaesthesia; anesthesia

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line

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reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

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persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet

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to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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answering machine; answerphone

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in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

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to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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to do so; to do thus

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to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

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inferior goods; defective product; defective goods

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in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...

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to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

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to be the case that

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to complement

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promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

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to take time

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to make contact

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answering machine; answerphone

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to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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exchange; conversion

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to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

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to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

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to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well

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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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