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captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)

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moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)

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to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

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to call the doctor

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

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to take a picture; to take a photo

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strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue

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air conditioning

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locked room; secret room

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innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity

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moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)

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repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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impossibility

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spy; special agent; covert operative

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Dion

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to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

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large-scale

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disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident

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penetration; permeation; transmission

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principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

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elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

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reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

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omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

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receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

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numerous; many

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

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passing mark

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geographical; geographic

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reference; allusion

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to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

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method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

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festival

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right and wrong; good and evil

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to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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knowledge; information

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day after day; day by day

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sadness and gloom

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Police Headquarters

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hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

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strength; toughness; bravery; boldness

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master swordsman; skilled fencer

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

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branch office; branch store

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