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to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

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tales of one's travels

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friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation

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to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm

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to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol

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greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)

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one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best

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to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly

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flattery; compliment

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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momentary; instantaneous

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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urine

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amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy

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to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to

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coating (esp. lacquering)

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framed picture; framing (a picture); putting in a frame

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oil painting

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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portrait; likeness; picture

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

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extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

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what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

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ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum

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sexual frigidity; insensitivity; indifference

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to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet

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identifiable; personalized

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soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted

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to have a relationship; to have relations

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form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode

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overlooking; turning a blind eye

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clean; clear; pure; honest; clean

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to give a broad grin; to smirk

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occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream

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to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it

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you (plural)

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to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

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violent

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with a click; with a snap

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inefficient

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unexplained fever in an infant (in the past believed to be related to intellectual development); teething fever; (lit.) wisdom fever; fever that comes from using one's head too much

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with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden

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annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps

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that sort of; like that

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tasteless and odorless; bland

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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heavy responsibility

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pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency

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to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

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