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changing for the better

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perfection; flawlessness

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remains; corpse; body

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

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usurpation; taking back; dispossession

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one game (of go)

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to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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

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goat

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baby; infant

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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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relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality

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

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useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea

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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)

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identification (with)

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infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)

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connection; relation

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both in name and reality; both in name and substance

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rebirth; new birth; nascent

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

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to fly in the air

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birds

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fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)

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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

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sly; cunning; crafty

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loser; failure

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simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

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to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind

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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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fine (person); good; nice; splendid; admirable

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farewell gift

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to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken

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playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)

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one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

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worry; agony

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

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to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

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