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thereafter; after doing that; followed by

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front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

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dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

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legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order

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iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague

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concrete proposal

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to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

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mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better

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useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

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to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

3

slug

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seeing off and meeting on return

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for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

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distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

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(world of) politics; political world; political circles

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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celebrity; personage

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Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

1

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

1

envy; jealousy

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criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain

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to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

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a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

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ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

9

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

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to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

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probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

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to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...

2

blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!

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of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

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Johnny; Jonny; Johnnie

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nervous

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to crack (person's voice); to squeak

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program (e.g. TV); programme

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I; me

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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stray dog

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accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement

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lower animals

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

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collector

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dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

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to loiter (on the way); to waste time

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to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other

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visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter

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