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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

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to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

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speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible

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complete devotion; body and soul; one's best

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to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

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parent and child

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to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)

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stew; hodgepodge

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a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity

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borrowing

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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theory

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one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)

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stir-fry; stir-fried food

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affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

1

creative; original

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just a little

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking

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same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility

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potato

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to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

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mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted

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grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

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arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

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spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

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to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat

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engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp

4

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base

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habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

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entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings

1

tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge

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effect; efficacy; validity; potency

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to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

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to complain; to lodge a complaint

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smooth (i.e. without problems)

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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

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to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

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assertion; declaration; affirmation

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certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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