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Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity")

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incompetence; inability; disability; incapacity

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accidental death; casualty

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baton (of command); order; command; direction

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gaudy; showy; garish; loud

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epitaph; inscription on a tombstone

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding

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wax

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talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk

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(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)

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fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

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to get late; to advance; to wear on

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light; lamp; torch

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secondary residence; vacation home; villa

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second daughter

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violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely

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good-quality; superior in quality

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writing desk

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how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

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school of one's (first, second) choice

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to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

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business; occupation

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to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

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older sister

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humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

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preparation for a lesson

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review (of learned material); revision

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to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better

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just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

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to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

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intelligence; intellect; brains

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breathing exercise; breath control; spirit cultivation; chi kung; qigong

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with set eyes

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conjunctiva

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assorted (female) medical disorders; blood vessels

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being off guard; being defenseless

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to poke; to push

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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school; school building; schoolhouse

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the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...

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connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction

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low-calorie

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to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

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going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)

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to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)

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to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for

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partial negation

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please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

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perversion; inversion

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