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search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

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interior; inside; internal

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influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled

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sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

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to bear fruit

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individual; private person; personal; private

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logic; logical

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wealthy people; the rich

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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method; process; manner; way; means; technique

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to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

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to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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morning; a.m.

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to ring; to clang

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firm refusal

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brand new

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clothes; outfit; uniform

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with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly

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to experience

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to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

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to incur someone's enmity

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front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

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to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

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confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

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loveable; very likeable; like very much

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to turn one's face away

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nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

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to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

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worry; agony

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ardor; enthusiasm

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authenticity; credibility

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equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

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declaration; profession

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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ray of hope; glimmer of hope

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willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

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to blow out (a flame)

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that's a different matter; that's a different story

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outside of one's area of expertise

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fruit

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constrained; uncomfortable; awkward

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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reliance; dependence

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to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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lemon

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