Vocabulary

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there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers

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there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers

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no smoking at any time

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vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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impressive; tough

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sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive

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to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)

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through; by way of; after; via

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sorry to trouble you, but ...

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Mother Earth

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to blunder; to bungle; to fail

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to give one's name; to introduce oneself

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making a loss; incurring a deficit

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No Unauthorized Persons; No Unauthorized Entry; Authorized Personnel Only

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seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion

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each time

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formed angle; angle made

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to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

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to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up

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to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable stand (idly) by; to be unable to look on with indifference; to be unable to remain a mere spectator

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(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

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to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede

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out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

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very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

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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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three-leaf clover

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to make someone understand their fate; to reason with; to persuade; to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)

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to accrete; to become whole; to come together

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salutation at the end of a formal letter

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salutation in a formal letter

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to hammer out the details; to work out details

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to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

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openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

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to receive a favorable reputation; to get good reviews; to meet with a favorable reception

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to hit the bottom; to bottom out

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to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with

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to do together; to share; to participate in

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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

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to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

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