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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move

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plan; measure; means; scheme; policy

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this and that; one thing or another

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to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

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to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

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beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future

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to escape

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to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on

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to look up; to face upwards; to turn one's face upwards

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same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous

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nonchalant air; unruffled air

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing

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bright; intelligent

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circulation of the blood; apprehension

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to become better; to improve

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pale; pallid; bluish-white

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tea

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to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

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to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

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(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

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by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

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to feel inferior; to feel small

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sense of inferiority; one's weak point

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to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

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cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

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proper; respectable; decent; honest

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means; way; method; measure

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)

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to hug; to clasp to one's breast

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shame; embarrassment; disgrace

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impossible to do (although wants to)

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climax; uprush; bulge

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willpower; energy; vitality

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to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

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reproachful; resentful; spiteful

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to reject; to repel

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to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

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two times; twice; two degrees

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bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma

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dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

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refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

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