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to palm off; to force a sale

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reflect

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sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

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bitch; shameless woman

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wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships

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striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand

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heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)

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order; directive; instructions; command

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having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience

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pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

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lending and borrowing

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purple smoke; tobacco smoke

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indicates emphasis

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to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

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(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?

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march; advance

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to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service

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red rust

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very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit

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battalion; large force

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training school

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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

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to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

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morals; morality

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inside; interior; inner part

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to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation

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ashamed

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a few years ago; some years back

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to rant and rave; to raise hell

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(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

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product; produce; result; fruit

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devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism

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worshipper; admirer

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non-sectarian

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poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)

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to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)

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openly; in public; without caring what others think

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both eyes

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eyelid

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late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer

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to remove; to get rid of; to clear away; to tear down

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self-control; self-restraint

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to keep a diary

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erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel

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not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

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very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

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apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

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to push (something) against

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subject; theme

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