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greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)

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even in the worst case; no matter how bad things get; whatever happens; under any circumstances

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focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

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to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling

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no-risk; risk-free; without risk

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to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort

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to outwit; to get the better of; to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded; (lit.) to expose (someone's) nose

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acorn

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt

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flight; running away; absconding; elopement

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excuse; pretext

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Western (film genre)

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bar; pub; tavern

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(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless

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twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

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to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

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double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued

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shin; shank; lower leg

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double standard

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double bind

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

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straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look

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arrhythmia; abnormal heartbeat

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conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

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Escher

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corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

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uphill road; ascending road

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past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime

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to go ahead; to pull ahead

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to take care of

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daughter (esp. of someone of high standing); (another's) daughter

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that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

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to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)

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Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

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rubbing one's hands together

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getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

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general manager; director-general

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normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

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to be blunt; to be curt

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this occasion; at this time; now

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employee; employer; person hiring others

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non-disclosure agreement; NDA

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to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

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oops; uh oh; drats

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wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

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father

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to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

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to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

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