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(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

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contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

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strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

2

clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

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war funds; war expenditures

5

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

1

traces; evidence

1

to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

2

chink in the armor (armour)

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adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

1

Ataq

1

bright; cheerful

1

to overlap

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to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

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as one of

1

to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions

1

to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead

1

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

1

confusion; distraction; derangement

2

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

6

to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried

1

trying one's ability

1

to narrow; to contract

1

blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

1

know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

1

licking one's lips; licking one's chops

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

8

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

4

to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

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repayment

1

mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something

1

voluptuous; full-breasted; buxom; voluptuous woman; big-breasted woman; glamour girl

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flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

2

subtracting points; points deducted

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in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

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after having come this far; now that we've come this far

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mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

1

with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

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to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

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brothers; male siblings

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to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

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lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

3

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

rucksack; knapsack; backpack

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splash; plop

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