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changing for the better

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perfection; flawlessness

1

remains; corpse; body

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

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usurpation; taking back; dispossession

1

one game (of go)

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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

1

goat

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baby

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best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

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deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence

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permanence; forever unchanging

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consequence; causal relationship; nexus

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origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology

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useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

1

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

armchair theory; impracticable theory

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inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

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shape; form

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highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)

2

identification (with)

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infection; contagion; becoming infected

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connection; relation

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both in name and reality; both in name and substance

3

rebirth; new birth; nascent

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

to fly in the air

2

birds

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fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)

1

I appreciate your efforts

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banzai (celebratory or congratulatory cheer); hurrah; hooray; hurray

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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

sly; cunning; crafty

2

loser; failure

1

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

2

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

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to use and then throw away

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within one's means

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to talk the night away; to talk all night

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plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

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farewell gift

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to bud

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playing alone

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worry; agony

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coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

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to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

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virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence

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return; relapse; recurrence

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