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anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

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to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own

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essence; true nature; substance; reality

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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extreme situation

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rule; government

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loud; sonorous; ringing

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since some time ago; for quite a while; already

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incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

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abolition; repeal

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without cause; without reason

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unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision

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to be at a loss; to be in a corner

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protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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loitering; hanging around; wandering around

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friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

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to be jumbled together

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some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

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hostage

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gallant; dashing; jaunty

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babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant

2

companion; company

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general mobilization; general mobilisation

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turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

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to narrow; to reduce; to contract

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preservation; retainment; keeping

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to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

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small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

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critic of haiku poetry

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pocket

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clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

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cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

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tomboy

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as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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chocolate

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

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to nod to one another

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to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

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siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

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lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls

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to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

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to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

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east side; east bank

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arms; armament

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