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as you please; in any way you like; as you wish

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coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

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sophist

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insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

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sex mania; erotomania; nymphomania; sex maniac; erotomaniac; nymphomaniac

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vocabulary

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)

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to concern; to be related

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being a mama's boy; having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

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anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

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context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background

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even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

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kidnapping; kidnaping

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large explosion

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bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

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one month

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two weeks; fortnight

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to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

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failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

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to get tired of waiting

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to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

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to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

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postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence

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several months

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the whole year; all the year

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to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

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to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business

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unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember

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private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

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so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

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evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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loyalty; allegiance; fidelity

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bashful; shameful; ashamed

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

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dirty work; unpleasant task

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another kind; different kind; distinct species

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noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright

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

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in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

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second half; latter half

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heyday; golden age

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industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

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total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

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to taper off

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

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military force; military strength

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