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to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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stranger; outsider

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meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into

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small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

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to pretend; to act (as if)

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(period of) one year

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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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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

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judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

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monarch's guards

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition

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contest of strength; trial of strength

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to thrust away; to send flying

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(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

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insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

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to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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to disappear; to vanish

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to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

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rest; break; recess; intermission

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riverside; riverbank; edge of a river

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water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings

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speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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manly; masculine; like a man

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elbow strike (karate)

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to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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clearing one's throat; cough

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

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is not; am not; are not

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like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)

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to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

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slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

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vehement objection; bitter opposition

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one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

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withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

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interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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silence (not speaking); muteness

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watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

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change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

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