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adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

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over-fond parent; doting parent

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baby; infant

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meme (idea, behavior, etc. that spreads from person to person within a culture); (Internet) meme

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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to care for someone; to look after someone

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

4

clearly; distinctly; vividly

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to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

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successor; replacement; second wife

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to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

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precondition; prerequisite

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what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

5

see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?

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to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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father

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to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

1

touching; moving; painful

1

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

1

change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment

1

big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome

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stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

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death; dying; mortality

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flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)

2

look; glance; sight; summary; list; table

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assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall

1

smooth (i.e. without problems)

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taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

5

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

1

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

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to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

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not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

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important person

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battlefield; battleground

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establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment

1

senior; veteran; old-timer

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new recruit; conscript

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

1

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

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so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

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importance; priority

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rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

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casualties; killed and wounded; human damage

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resistance

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

2

business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise

3

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum

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to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

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