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collision; clashing

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Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely

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act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

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change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

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thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

3

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

3

keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support

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to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

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defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)

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to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

3

to call again; to call someone back

3

runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

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to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

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last ray of hope; only hope

2

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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... all over again (repeating the same failure)

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stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

7

front kick (esp. martial arts)

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completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

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straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

5

decisive battle of brief duration

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to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

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wounded; injured

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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first half

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adaptation (from); rebaking

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match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

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bloody vomit

3

rematch; replay; make-up game

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precedent

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elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

6

where to?; whither?

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lottery (event); raffle

1

data; datum

3

abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

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jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

1

popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious

1

small change; coins; small sum of money

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after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

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cylinder or rod-shaped

2

crushing

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fierce fight; close contest

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something-something; yada yada; so-and-so

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-off (price reduction)

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semifinal

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firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

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