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father

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

4

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

2

without thinking of the consequences

4

rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

4

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

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ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average

1

integrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor

4

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

5

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

3

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

2

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

2

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

1

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

2

on the way home from work

2

evening; dusk; twilight

2

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

bereavement; separation by death; loss

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

9

adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous

1

old age; advanced age

2

to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

5

gentle; mild-mannered

3

heavy drinking

2

admonition; warning; advising (against); reproof

1

release; liberation; acquittal

1

being a bad drunk

1

auction

1

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

1

contribution; donation

2

selling off; disposal by sale; sale

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

2

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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to step back; to retire

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

7

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

1

street; quarter; district; area

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

6

rust

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

1

simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

4

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

1

who

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

8

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

3

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

9

to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced

4

bald head; baldness

1

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

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