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to obtain results through legwork; to walk around to gather information; to rely on active effort

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in the city; in the community

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absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively

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

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in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

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percent; per cent; percentage

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long-term

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penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task

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professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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shriek; scream

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unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

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

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

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price; cost; value; worth; value

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to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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decisive; resolute; determined; firm

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

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to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

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to support each other; to support one another

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every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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to begin to tremble

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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each other; one another

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naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

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to face each other; to be opposite (to)

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sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

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unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

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to feel ashamed

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to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

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confidence; trust; faith; credit

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club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

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trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner

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still more; especially

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narcotic; drug; dope

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relation; connection

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now that; since; so long as; because

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to look displeased; (lit.) to flare one's nostrils

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to uncover; to solve; to reveal

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(acting) together; jointly; cooperatively; in partnership; side by side; (lit.) holding hands

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to make a profit

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to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

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to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

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slight; little; insignificant

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