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bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

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the front

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equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck

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lily

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boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

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manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

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wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)

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devilishness

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the reverse; other side; lining

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combatant; fighter

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gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

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lighting up; illumination; floodlighting

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aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)

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under the staircase; understairs

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to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

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black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

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a long march

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customer service smile

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to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

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limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

spy; secret agent

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manager; executive

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shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)

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reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)

2

bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs

1

sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

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archaic

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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coffin; casket

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to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

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being frozen in ice

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to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

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cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

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grant; grunt

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bump (e.g. on forehead); lump; protuberance; swelling

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egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

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to tremble

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joy; pleasure; delight

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all night long; all through the night

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jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

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to see through; to see the true nature of something

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a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash

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to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

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pet cat

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insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance

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hierarchy

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bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs

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tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; thing damaging to the eyes

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