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one by one; one after another; successively

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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

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as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

blow; shock; strike; batting

2

scandalous

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immorality; iniquity; impropriety

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laughingstock; butt of ridicule

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entertainment reporter; entertainment journalist; gossip columnist

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to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint

1

to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize

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character

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media

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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official announcement; proclamation

1

to exchange; to replace

1

composite photograph; photomontage

1

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

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to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

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excessive; immoderate

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on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

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fidelity; truth; authenticity; credibility

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

1

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

2

persistence; single-mindedness

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innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-

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disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

2

superior; excellent; fine

1

large company; large enterprise; large corporation

1

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

1

corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person

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with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

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to be well-known

2

open; public; official; overt

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

2

to hide; to conceal oneself

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dodgy dealings; monkey business

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Public Prosecutor's Office

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about this time

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handsome face; beautiful features

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being upright and cleanhanded

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to work hard; to work diligently

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volunteer

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