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notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology

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cooperative; helpful

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violent emotion; passion; fury

5

strait; channel

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

2

beautiful

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shoulder mark; shoulder board; epaulette; epaulet

2

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

4

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

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sole of the foot

2

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

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to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

4

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

2

be; is

2

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

3

part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals

2

powdered cheese; cheese powder

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

3

to think of; to come up with

1

well-bred; of good upbringing

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fit; spasm; attack; seizure

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

complicity

2

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

2

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

4

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

4

subway; tube; underground railroad; underground railway

2

stratified; multilayered

1

seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)

4

model; dummy; maquette

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

use; service; purpose

2

to happen to meet; to come across

5

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

5

voyeur; Peeping Tom

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it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

4

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

1

every other; second; alternate

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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one part; one portion; one section

2

environment; circumstance

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huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large

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patronage; protection

2

strong pressure; heavy pressure

3

rites; ritual

2

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

3

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

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