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handling one's workmen

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essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)

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clear stream

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Riga (Latvia)

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offering to a deity or someone's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart

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magic tool (in fiction); magical item

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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

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combination; union; bond; join (in relational algebra)

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restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution

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roaring thunder; loud thunder; thunderclap

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cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric

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break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); becoming popular; becoming a hit

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one place; the same place; (arch.) one person

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to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head

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to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

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to tear down; to shatter

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decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

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eggshell

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glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look

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Mt.; Mount; temple

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inside the home; one's family

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weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

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retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

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contents; content

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reduction by half; halving

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attacking method; attacking strategy

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substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation

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to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

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flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general

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to mind; to care; to worry

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mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

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to drive someone off with gunfire

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stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

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by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

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to get help; to enlist aid

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dangerous position; peril

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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final

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reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong

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exact; precise

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soul; soul music

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to become famous

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

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losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

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defeat; lost battle; losing a war

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to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

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promptly

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broad-minded; open-minded; openhearted; generous; magnanimous

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