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listening device; bug; wiretap

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honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

information bureau; intelligence department

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deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

military discipline; military regulations; military rules

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fist

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ambition; aspiration

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(all) together

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to smash; to crush

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artillery

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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midday; broad daylight

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one side

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traffic lane; road lane

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mercury lamp

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night view; night skyline; nightscape

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fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

advanced (developed) country; advanced nations

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to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

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to finish reading; to read through

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to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

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among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

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selection; choice; option

1

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

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pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent

1

every one; each

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deep-seated grudge; hatred

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weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

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chance (of success); odds

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rational; reasonable; logical

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both elbows

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coming into effect

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

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support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

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among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

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even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

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denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

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to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

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smile

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to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

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negative campaign

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(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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justification; warrant

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provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

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demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed

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