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prospects of victory; chances of success

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10,000; ten thousand

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to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

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good grief

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to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode

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in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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different dimension

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to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

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to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice

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burst of laughter; roar of laughter

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to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

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half-crying; being on the verge of crying

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to rise; to swell; to be promoted

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performer; entertainer; celebrity

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to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

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brilliant; bright

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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(someone else's) daughter

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approximately the same

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fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

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and so; therefore; for that reason

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to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

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countdown

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posing; modeling; modelling

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to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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full speed

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

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release; emission; ejection

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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intercept; interception; counter-attack

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specialized; specialised; boutique

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to slip through; to slip past; to evade

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natural enemy

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writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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protracted war; war of attrition

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swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately

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inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

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gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

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to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

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jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

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still (continuing); as ever; further

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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end of a match; end of a game

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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

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giant-killing; defeating a much stronger opponent

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ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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