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to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

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to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

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consecutive; continuous; successive

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nonetheless; nevertheless; but; (and) yet

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specimen; sample; object to be examined

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robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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to be related (by blood)

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love and hate

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unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

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secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

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leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar

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to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

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random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

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close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour

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abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

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use

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scorched earth

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to emphasize; to attach importance to

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mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

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growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all living creatures

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walking heavily; lumbering

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tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people

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no way to do; nothing can be done

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to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

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to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

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certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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theoretical

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang

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to understand; to comprehend

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

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feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct

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fortunate error; lucky break; fluke

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not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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tuck (clothing, sewing); tuck (diving, gymnastics)

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foil (fencing)

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Shotel

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instigator

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zig-zag; zigzag

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steep angle; acute angle

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pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

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similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-

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human-like; quite human

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shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings

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to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one

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accidental death

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grudge; ill will; enmity

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leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

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