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fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

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shadowboxing

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warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

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prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy

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surefire way to win

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punching and kicking

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

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dry riverbed; river beach

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to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight

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race; run; dash; sprint

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track and field club

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long distance; long haul; long-distance race

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adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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already proved

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

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extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter

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(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

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ways of sitting

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blunt; curt; brusque

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left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

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appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

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surface; outer layer

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(on) the same day

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to be saved up (of money)

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a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said

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devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession

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pie; tart; palmier (pastry)

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immediately; at once; instantly

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to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

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to be started; to begin (of a battle, contest, campaign, etc.)

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special sale; bargain sale

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urban area; urban district

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home cooking

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the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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regulation

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telling (on someone); tattling; snitching

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revenge; having a second go (at something)

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mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)

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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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to impress (someone)

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quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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Buddhist

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to get a big surprise; to be astonished; to have one's breath taken away; to be taken aback

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advance celebration

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falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)

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decision; determination

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examiner; judge

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