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mysterious person

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to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

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irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)

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wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention

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fabrication; pipe dream

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right now; just now

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daddy's girl; daddy's boy

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explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

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within the family; in the home; domestic

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patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

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tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead

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below

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decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

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(verbal) message; word (from someone)

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circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars

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recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review

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heroic

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relative; relation

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to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

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spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence

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to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged

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tingling; stinging; pungently

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one roll; one book; one volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

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cheap, easily put together cupboard, bookcase, shelves, chest, etc. made of colored plywood

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to lift; to turn over; to fold over

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floorboard

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dust

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storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)

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at regular intervals; evenly spaced

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volt; bolt

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razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect

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snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...

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protuberance; protruding object; umbo

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capable; able; talented; promising

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poor; lame; ill-prepared

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to address

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both

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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to pass; to pass by

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the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean

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another name; nickname; alias; synonym

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the moon

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with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

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self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

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compromise; concession

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right hook

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to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry

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on the snow

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nasal voice

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