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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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ruin; destruction; fall

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

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fin-de-siècle; decadent

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to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead

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intellectual

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noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

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to turn one's back to

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gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous

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to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

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severe; bitter; scathing

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)

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dynamite

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Nobel

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atomic bomb; A-bomb

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Oppenheimer; J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967); Oppenheimer (2023 film)

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communism

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thought; idea; ideology

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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Marx; Marks; Marcks; Marcus; Markus

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distinction; discrimination

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tool; implement; means; furniture

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victim (esp. someone killed); casualty

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both; (not) either

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old type; old style

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to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

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curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

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between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

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to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

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best; ideal; perfect

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sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

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materialistic; worldly-minded; uncultured

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in terms of; from the point of view of

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

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to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin

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making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering

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(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large

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to take command; to give direction

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way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

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tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

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clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

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term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

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intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

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to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

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one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick

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