Vocabulary

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to stare at; to glare at

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from (this, here, etc.); since (this)

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ahead; further on; beyond (this place)

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without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible

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without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible

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after a short time; presently

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if any; if it exists

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inside a space

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virtually nonexistent; negligible

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unlikely event; rare occurrence

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unskilled; not very good at

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best practices; best practice

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several years standing; over several years

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principle of sufficient reason

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principle of sufficient reason

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law of thought

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(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried

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I told you so; you see that?

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Cleopatra's nose; a small thing with a huge influence

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see Naples and die

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Rome was not built in a day

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there's no medicine for stupidity

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murder will out

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a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed

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a law is a law, however undesirable it may be

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wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion

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whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course

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the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk

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tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them

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take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen

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faith will move mountains

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something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true; lie turned truth

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show me a liar, and I will show you a thief

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there's no flying from fate; you can't fight fate

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a neighbour is better than a relative living far

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it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

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poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit

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both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other

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what kind of business; what sort of matter

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the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love

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