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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

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brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)

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megalomania; delusions of grandeur

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(young) girl; maiden; young lady

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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girl's feeling; maiden's mind

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

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altogether; entirely

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exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

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beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing

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ostentation; show; affectation

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to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

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taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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maximum; extreme; utmost

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brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother

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double; twice (as much); twofold

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considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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first impression

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incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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sternly handsome; manly

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indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

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something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

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smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it

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even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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exaggerated; overblown; overdone

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expression; phraseology

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to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

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trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

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pubic region; private parts; genital area

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underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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excited condition; excited state

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bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses

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to slip down; to slide down; to glide down

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recovery; restoration

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fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

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act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

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shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

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cough; coughing; tussis

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to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

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