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painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

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gastric juice

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flame; blaze

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whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

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enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board

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contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show

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luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent

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gust of wind; vanguard

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total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure

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for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

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stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

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protective instinct; defensive instinct

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to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

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both wings; both flanks

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side; flank

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

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right angle

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crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

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scattered; separated; dispersed

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to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

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castle gate

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression

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official in charge

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(police) lineup; identification parade; choice of faces

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look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of

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war situation; progress of a battle

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being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed

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historical; traditional; historic

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altar

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plateau; tableland; eminence

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a long time ago; in those days

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to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

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to ascend; to go up; to climb

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very dim light

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brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly

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awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority

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to be scared; to be afraid; to tremble with fear

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slanted eyes; upturned eyes; eyes that are turned up at the outer corners

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meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

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discipline; training; teaching manners

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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half killed

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to shrug one's shoulders

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slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot

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to poke; to push

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to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

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to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

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cornered rat

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time; years

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