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to be common

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to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

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human history

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the big three ...

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merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree

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impregnable

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castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart

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wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

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subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion

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troy; weight system used for gold, silver, etc.

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party; banquet; feast

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next; then; after that

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palace

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Persepolis

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one night; all night; overnight; one evening

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to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

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Alexander

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great king

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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revelry; tumultuous party; wild party; uproarious banquet

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history

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding

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even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

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bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

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and; thereupon; because of that

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elopement; running away with a lover

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eyeball

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to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

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masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous

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there; over there; that place; that far; that much; that point

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to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed

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canned beer; can of beer

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chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

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great laughter; burst of laughter

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to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

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discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune

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humming; crooning

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to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

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feeling good; feeling pleasant

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three times

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity

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to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

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knee socks

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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