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attempted assassination

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perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

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failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

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wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm

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to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

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wise saying; famous saying; witty remark

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direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)

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(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)

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sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

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subversion (of the state)

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very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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to turn against; to become an enemy

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life and death

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gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit

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to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

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bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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good idea; good plan

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stock-still; motionless; frozen in place

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aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out

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if so; in that case; then

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to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself

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parental love; parental affection

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talent; ability

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infanticide; filicide

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objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

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being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)

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strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual

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laugh; laughter

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to resound; to echo; to reverberate

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parent-child relationship

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to fade; to become dim

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besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse

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one's own child; one's own children

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shall ...; to assume; to suppose

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to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb

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home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

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choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

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royalty; royal family

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kidnapping; kidnaping

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having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about

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