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robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end

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one end; an end; part; fragment

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to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

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to be helpful; to be useful

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constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer

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burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

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gossip; corner of the mouth

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

39

very; extremely; that is

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act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

2

accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

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to step forward; to take a step forward

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smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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months and years

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to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)

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to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

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challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

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rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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(one's) life

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(having) ups and downs

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you (plural)

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

4

they; those guys; those fellows

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

5

test; trial; ordeal; tribulation

5

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

2

to finish saying

5

to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)

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to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

3

curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

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stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)

1

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

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tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

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