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arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp); holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)

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taking no notice of; paying no attention to

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to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

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throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one; self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory

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having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect

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head start; initiative; preemption

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jab

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chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words

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usefulness

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establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

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flush; blush

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to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

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to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

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both eyes

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to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate

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taboo

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to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of

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profound; deep

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to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame

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to manipulate puppets; to pull wires

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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old person; elderly person; senior citizen

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ad lib; ad-lib

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passionately in love

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to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet

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reply; response; answer

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exemplar; model; example; pattern

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answer; solution

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to tell (someone) to ...

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utopia

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or; or else

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unfairness; injustice; partiality

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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problem child

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap

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palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

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groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

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pure heart; naivete; innocence

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forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement

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to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

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number two; mistress; concubine

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high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy

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suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling

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novel; story; (work of) fiction

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thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

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to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

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to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

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white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes

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message

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