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Robinson; Eric

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caramel (browned sugar used as flavouring)

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double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

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triple

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but; however; although; though

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to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

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for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

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cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

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money; cash

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to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

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enmity; grudge

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

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welcome; (warm) reception

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liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

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cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service

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store; shop; restaurant

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shorter way; shortcut

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to beat the hell out of

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fluke; chance; pure luck

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big

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mouse (esp. a laboratory mouse); (computer) mouse; mouth

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

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(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible

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so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

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official

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but; however; although

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severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse

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want to do

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hating; strongly disliking

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soggy; soaking; drenched; incessantly (complaining)

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stun gun

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to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

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discharging (electrically; e.g. of a battery); electrical discharge; discharge

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

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standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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siren

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to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.); to fall hard; to fall heavily; to pour down

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iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast

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to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

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flare; star shell

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dyeing; printing

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to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

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art of self-defense (defence)

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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pale; pallid; bluish-white

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tank top

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to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

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iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe

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flight; desertion; escape

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to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

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