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a bolt out of the blue

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the real criminal; true culprit

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honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

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change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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to make sense

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to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

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that gentleman; that lady; he; she

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hostage

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anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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to pieces; into shreds

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based on; on the basis of

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starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)

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outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious

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by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently

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standing at attention; standing stiffly upright

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to cause a person trouble

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lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

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beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

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useless; deadhead

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not limited to; not just ...

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new school (of thought, etc.); new drama

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless

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forcefulness of speech; influential voice

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politics; government

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to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

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(human) life

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to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

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you; dear; honey

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preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

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restoration of public order

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black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

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deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism

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heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment

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to prove one's innocence; to clear oneself of a false accusation

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

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confession; admission

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report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

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ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

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not care; not caring

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you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

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whatever

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to await; to wait for; to expect

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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