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you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice

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to backfire; to have a harmful result

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red hot

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luminous point

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to burn off

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cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning

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handle; grip; knob

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heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays

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breasts

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flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

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Statue of Liberty

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house mouse (Mus musculus)

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racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)

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slipping down; avalanche

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thus; in this way; like this

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assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter

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calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash

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catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake

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difficult problem; challenge

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hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

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to lend a hand; to help

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user's manual; handling instructions

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degree of difficulty

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pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

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heaven and earth; top and bottom

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passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

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lamp; light

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fanfare; flourish of trumpets

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

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buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)

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loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach

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heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict

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unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

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to mix; to blend; to combine

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hero

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injection; jab; shot

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side effect; adverse reaction

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the seven prismatic colors (colours)

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pus; corruption; rot; evils

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break in the deadlock

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performing without rehearsal

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operating procedure

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(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold

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edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

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to hurt; to smart; to sting

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shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

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integrated-circuit

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on Earth

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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