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running backwards; running with the head turned back

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity

1

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

1

motive power; driving force

1

to rescue; to free

2

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

1

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

1

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)

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supreme; greatest; highest; best

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

8

athlete

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology

1

Lent

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wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)

1

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

2

Rio Carnival

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Germany

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smooth sailing

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stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

1

glutton

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)

1

whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke

1

ultimate

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interference; obstruction; sabotage

1

suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

1

after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

1

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

2

aha!; yes sir

4

sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

1

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

3

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

to be scared; to be afraid; to tremble with fear

1

to burn

1

belligerence; fighting spirit

3

flight attendant

1

embarkation; boarding (a ship or aircraft)

1

another name; nickname; alias; synonym

1

church history

1

queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess

1

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

2

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

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fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

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