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to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs

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matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

2

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

1

brown envelope; manila envelope

1

prosecution; indictment

1

scaffold; gallows

1

timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry

2

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

3

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

2

banknote; bill; note

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to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee

2

slave traffic; slave dealer

1

human trafficking; slave trade

1

reputation; respectability

1

scandal

3

in the village; within the village

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damage; injury; defamation; harm

2

fanatic

1

to trace back to (the origins of something)

1

root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation

2

natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full

5

(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

borrowed thing

1

to threaten; to make threats

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

3

pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

1

agreement; stipulation; contract

6

scandal

2

(dying of) natural causes

1

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

accomplishment; execution

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone

2

if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen

1

self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

1

deeply emotive; moving

1

ultimate goal

1

to let one's guard down

1

mediator; go-between; middleman

1

both parties; both sides

1

future trouble

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

guard; watchman

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

2

finally; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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