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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

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latent; potential

2

quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss

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turning point; tipping point; commutation point

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to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall

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inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance

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unless (you do something)

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to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

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Waterloo (Belgium, Canada)

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Robert Taylor (computer scientist)

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Vivien Leigh

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to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

1

compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

1

asbestos

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heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack

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finally; after great pains; at last; just barely

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to suppress one's emotions

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serious condition; critical condition

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esophagus; oesophagus; gullet

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to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

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hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

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the five senses

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to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)

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searchlight

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to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

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to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

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step by step; by degrees

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to run through; to run past

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pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus

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to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

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closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly

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right shoulder

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hail; sleet; chilly rain; freezing rain

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numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

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to lie face-down

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blood vessel; vein

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to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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bee; wasp; hornet

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a long, long time ago; very long ago

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swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort

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to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

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equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

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fatal wound

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(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area

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to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain

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collarbone; clavicle

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vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point

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blow; shock; strike; batting

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compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car

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