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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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finding employment; getting a job

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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how old; what age

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young; youthful

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failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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indignation; resentment

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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when one finds a moment; when one can find the time

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big problem; major issue; big controversy

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knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning

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folding one's arms

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pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

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in this way; like this

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utility value

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to apply; to adapt

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to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

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asking price

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attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

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to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

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to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

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in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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influence; power; might; influence (of stones)

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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to cut into (a conversation); to interject

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intervention

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acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

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calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

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to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

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breakfast

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top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

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onion (Allium cepa)

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peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity

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golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny

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exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm

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clown

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showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

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bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition

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silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money

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accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

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another world

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

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downward compatible; backward compatible; upward compatible; forward compatible; providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games)

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