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to ease up the speed

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irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

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handrail; railing; banister

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bronze statue

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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fast pace; quick pace

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to triumph; to be elated with success

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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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only once

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trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

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since then

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bottling; bottled

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coercive; overbearing

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to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

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talking while standing; standing around talking

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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to be possible to occur

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

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phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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to have an interest (in)

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to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)

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hallucination; illusion

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armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

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to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

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to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

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to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up

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everyone; one and all

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celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

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however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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confession

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haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

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talent; ability

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to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

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followers; hangers-on

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to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up

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(as alike as) two peas in a pod

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to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy

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taking no notice of; paying no attention to

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to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

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ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

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to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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prize winner; pennant winner; victor

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extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

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conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

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surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

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who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?

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