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to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

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to rely on

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to whine; to make feeble complaints

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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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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bitch; wench

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tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)

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liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of

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to summon courage; to be brave

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to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

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weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

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stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

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on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

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to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

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feelings of guilt

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somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

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understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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as (someone) says

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being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly

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many years; a long time

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scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

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meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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advice; warning

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to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude

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boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

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return; coming back

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knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning

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limit; bounds

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky

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to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

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to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)

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orange (colour, color)

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to finish dyeing

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which; what (way)

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removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation

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almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

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to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

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ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

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to tear; to rip

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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