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script; screenplay; scenario

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to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

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bright; intelligent

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support

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conspiracy; collusion; complicity

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justification; warrant

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artist's impression; picture based on one's imagination; imaginary rendering

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

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idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

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to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

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sculpture; carved statue; graven image

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to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

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to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

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to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

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quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

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to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right

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whereabout; about where; how much

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

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a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

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the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

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leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

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individual; private person; personal; private

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one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

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person concerned; interested party; related party

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guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

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to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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belief; faith; conviction

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appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

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pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

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intervening

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to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

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acting; performance

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to tell a lie; to fib

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to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

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under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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indictment; prosecution; complaint

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