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not worth doing; waste of effort

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going along voluntarily to be questioned by police

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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immediately; promptly

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request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person

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to be dead; to be lifeless

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

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erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal

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respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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price; cost; value; worth; value

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

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(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

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to love

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subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

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safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)

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regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

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(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

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to order; to command; to appoint

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

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(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

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endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

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how (can); by what means

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with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily

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

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

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misunderstanding

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

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to cross one's legs

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kitchen

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(for) household use; home use; domestic use

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to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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to look up

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)

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bronze statue

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to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed

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professional wrestler

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mat; canvas (in boxing or wrestling)

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to torture to death; to toy with (someone) until dead; to inflict a slow and painful death

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exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate

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