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if it is (the case that ...)

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deterrent effect; chilling effect; restraining effect

1

to await; to wait for; to expect

2

capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

rape and robbery

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dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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the young

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

3

grief; lamentation

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

1

disappointment; despair

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Juvenile Act

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

1

criminal; culprit

3

age; years (old)

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

3

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

spotlight; close observation

5

maternal love

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brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend

2

violence; mayhem

1

baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

1

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

1

flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation

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identity

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establishment; settlement

1

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

1

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

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promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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divine; godly

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to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

to face on; to look out on to

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to build; to construct

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making one's attitude (position, stand) clear; (lit.) unfurling and clearly showing one's banner

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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