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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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if is not; if are not

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to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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win; victory

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deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

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to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

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oops; uh oh; drats

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to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

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naturally; of course; understandably

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notice; attention; observation

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pedestrian traffic

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to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

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some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

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to beat time; to mark time

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

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samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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good boy; good girl

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in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

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accident

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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we; us

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to be silent; to say nothing

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

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to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

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description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance

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to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

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faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

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convenient

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open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

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double date

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cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying

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advantage; benefit; profit; interest

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to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

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sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

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steam; vapour; vapor

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piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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again; once again; yet again

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much less; to say nothing of

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