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to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

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to finish speaking

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restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting

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curtain; curtains

5

fierce attack

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to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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meaning; called; said

2

such; like that; that sort of

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried

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either way; in any case; one way or another

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reward money; reward; honorarium

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as promised

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bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops

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photograph of a wanted person; mugshot

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another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name

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Amanda Lee (actress)

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Jowsey

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popular name; common name; nickname; alias

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Emmy

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shoplifting; shoplifter

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habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity

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mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

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department store

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at; in; at; when; by; with

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enough is enough; no further!

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

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now; nowadays

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career woman

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personal history

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employment; hire

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head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

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corset

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

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female teacher

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youth; adolescence; springtime of life

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to cut by abrasion; to cut by rubbing; to use up (all one's money)

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formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

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nowhere

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self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent

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to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

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table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

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to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer

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heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

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probity check; background investigation

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to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

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