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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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to sob

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to decline to pay; to refuse payment

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last resort

3

a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

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to pay a tax

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to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

2

to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

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to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

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to contract (a disease); to suffer from

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to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

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(one's) shame and public reputation; (one's) sense of shame and concern for appearances

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nothing but; except; no more than

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private property; personal belongings; personal effects

2

divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off

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as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

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billow; surge; large wave

1

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

2

point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle

3

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

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body; physique; build; stature

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national treasury

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drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

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to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede

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(apportioning) in small amounts

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incompetent

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priority level; degree of relative priority

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to be conceivable

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absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively

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getting (very) cold; becoming (much) colder; chill; cooling down (of economic activity); slowdown; decline

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fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

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fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog

2

to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish

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order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

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lightly; nimbly

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lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

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to leak out

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comprehensive; exhaustive; cyclopedic; encompassing

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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surefire way to win

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scribble; scrawl

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literacy

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having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily

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chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

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importance; priority

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government official; public official

2

(imperial) edict

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to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude

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according to plan; as planned

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barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

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