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firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering

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unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)

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whereabouts

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stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

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nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

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to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)

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skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower

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collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset

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to have one's name entered (in a list)

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unkindness; unfriendliness

1

tone; manner of speaking

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quickly; smoothly

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conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

2

uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore

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lizardman

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hobbit (in J.R.R. Tolkien's works); The Hobbit (film series)

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rare; seldom

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Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

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dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down

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relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)

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to be bothered (by something); to suffer

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fine fellow

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to fail to catch; to ignore

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slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse

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each and all; every single one; everybody

2

lumping together; putting all together

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broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous

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walls have ears

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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Mary

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point of compromise; common ground

3

spirit; heart; disposition

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

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extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out

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in a choked voice

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stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person

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an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

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pterosaur

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at that time; in those days

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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to rampage; to run riot

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monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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to seal up

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medium; media

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relative; relation; kin

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oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

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anecdote; story; episode

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repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

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