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to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

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several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

1

unprecedented; never seen before

1

labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

1

to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

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astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

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being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

3

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

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opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

5

thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

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prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

appreciation; thanks; gratitude

1

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

to be amused or interested in

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to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2

court lady; lady-in-waiting

6

government; administration

1

high official

3

friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men

1

trivial; slight

1

power; might; authority; influence

1

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

1

six; 6

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to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)

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age 10

3

senior; older

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to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

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far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

pain; agony; bitterness

5

to increase; to grow

2

shoulders and elbows

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to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

1

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

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tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

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lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

1

a period (of time)

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

2

unjust; inhuman

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physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

1

prison sentence (without a stay of execution)

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the person himself

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ready (to do); willing

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in the end; at the end of the day

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