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tortoise

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shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience

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fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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motor; engine

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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near future

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standing tall; towering; soaring

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compared with

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ten times; tenfold

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skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

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to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

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muscle

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invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

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one machine; one vehicle

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rear; back; reverse

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to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

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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 get a late start

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cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink

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joy; pleasure; delight

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crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

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fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart

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oh!; oh?; my!

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welcome

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climax; peak; critical moment; most important stage; turning point

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lucky; fortunate

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to get angry; to lose one's temper

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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to jar; to creak; to grate

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like this; in this way; as you see

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emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone

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to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

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limits; end; bounds

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greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

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to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation

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process; course; mechanism

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to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

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field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

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precisely because

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innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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unexpected meeting; coincidence

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soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

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device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

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