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irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher

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poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

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to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

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bright; intelligent

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competitor; rival

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scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs

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to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

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self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

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failure; mistake; blunder

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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limit; bound

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existing; living; extant

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making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

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failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

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to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)

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abnormal

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to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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to remain; to stay (somewhere)

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playmate; playfellow

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to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)

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reading (someone else's letter, diary, etc.) surreptitiously; reading secretly; reading over someone's shoulder

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victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

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to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

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recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back

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truck; lorry

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mandarin plantation

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

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flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

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piece of evidence; evidence

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there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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more than usual (usu. time)

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demand for; request

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp

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lifesaver; person who saved one's life

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what; what?; hey!

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