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relative; relation; kin

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common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

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skill

1

ability; capability; skill

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to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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discord; (on) bad terms (with)

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losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

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Rapallo (Italy); Rapalo

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summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

1

a planner

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appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

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annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps

2

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

the late; the deceased

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yourself; himself; herself

1

quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible

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to shake one's head (in denial)

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to look at the long term

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20 years old

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movie director; film director

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crack

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no-charge call (e.g. via Skype, etc.); toll-free call

1

show business

1

effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

1

pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

1

performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)

1

in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

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to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

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to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); to come to an end; to finish

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François Rabelais

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wise saying; famous saying; witty remark

1

noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

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self-determination; suicide

1

(social) class; rank; grade

1

reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

1

relation; connection; affinity

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to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

1

Hikawa

5

honorific affix; honorific prefix

1

ocher (colour); ochre

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presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge

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valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon

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quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall

1

complete lie; outright lie

2

alternately; by turns

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resignation (from a position)

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to make an error

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usurpation

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be; is

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