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a bit

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to some extent

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a bit of

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a remnant of

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a certain way

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a given manner

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a different story

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another matter entirely

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a lot like

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it recalls a certain
it is reminiscent of
it bears resemblance to

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a lot of

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considerable
a litany of
hordes of
a host of

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a specific way

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a given manner

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to abandon

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consign

forsake

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is abandoned

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derelict

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abilities

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prowess

facility in

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about to happen

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impending

imminent

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absent

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unaccounted for

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absolute

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unmitigated

sheer

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absolutely

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invariably

without reservation

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abundantly

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profusely

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academic field

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academic discipline

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I reluctantly accept that

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i am resigned to

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accept the cost

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bear the cost

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accept the responsibility

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bear the responsibility

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good enough but not great

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palatable

admissable

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access to

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recourse to

immediacy to

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accessories

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accourtrements

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accident

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mishap

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accompanied by

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attended by

punctuated by

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according to

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by various accounts

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accumulation of

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an assemblage of

a repository of

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accusation

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indictment
denunciation
incrimination

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act as

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function as
serve as
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a specific action

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undertaking

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action (in a general sense)

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agency

instrumentality

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activities

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affairs

proceedings

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actual (real)

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tangible

substantive

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adaptable

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compliant

malleable

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add to

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augment

supplement

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add to problems

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exacerbate the problems

compound the problem

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add to that the

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couple that with

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addition

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addendum

supplement

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additional (but subordinate)

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ancillary

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adjust

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tailor

calibrate

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adjusted himself to

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attuned himself to

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admirable

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laudable

commendable

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admired by

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found favor among

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admit that

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recognize

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admittedly

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albeit

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advance gradually

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encroach

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advertised

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trumpeted

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advice

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counsel

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advise

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counsel

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advisor

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consigliere

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advocate (an advocate)

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proponent

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advocate (to advocate)

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espouse

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afraid (I’m afraid)

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I fear that [he] will

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after a while

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in time

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after being

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after having been

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after the event

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post hoc

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after the war

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postbellum

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after thinking about it

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on reflection

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again and again

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several times over

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against the rules

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at odds with

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against the wishes of

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over strong objections

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aggravate

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inflame

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aggressively hostile

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truculent

belligerent

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agree to in a condescending way

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deign to

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agreeable

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amenable

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agreeing

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concordant

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agreement

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consensus

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agrees with (goes with)

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in keeping with

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aid

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facilitate

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aimless remark (off topic)

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a desultory remark

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air

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atmosphere

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airy

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ethereal

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all for nothing

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all for naught

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all kinds of

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all manner of

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all knowing

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omniscient

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all over

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widespread

pervasive

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all over the place

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indiscriminately

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all they want

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with impunity

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all you want

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to your heart’s content

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alllocate

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apportion

appropriate

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allow

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enable

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allowable

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permissible

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allowed

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admissable

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ally with

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make common cause with

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almost

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nearly

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along with

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in tandem with

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already been decided

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a foregone conclusion

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also

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moreover

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altered (derogatory)

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doctored

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although

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albeit

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always

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invariably

eternally

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always be careful to

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always be mindful of

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always right

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unerring

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amateur

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dilettante

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amount of

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measure of

degree of

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an enjoyment

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a relish

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an example of

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an instance of

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analyze

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parse

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ancient

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archaic

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ancient times

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antiquity

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and

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moreover

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and also

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on top of that

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and I don’t think

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nor do I think

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and therefore

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and as such

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angelic

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ethereal

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anger (to anger)

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infuriate

incense

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anger (have anger)

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animosity

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angry

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indignant
incensed
seething

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animal life

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fauna

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animal sculptures

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topiary sculptures

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annoy

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irk
exasperate
tire

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annoyed

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vexed

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annoying

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incessant
irksome
bothersome
tiresome

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answer (an answer)

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rejoinder

retort

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answer evasively

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equivocate

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answer his question

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address his concern

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anxious to fight

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spoiling for action

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anyhow

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in any case

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anything they

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that which they

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anyway

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at any rate

in any case

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anxiety

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angst

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apparent

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putative

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apparently

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ostensibly
purportedly
presumably

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appeal to higher authority

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invoke

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appear

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present oneself

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appearance (look)

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visage

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appearing

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without casting oneself as

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appears to be

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has all the earmarks of

has the appearance of

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appease

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placate

mollify

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apply pressure

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exert

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appreciate

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savor

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appreciating local culture

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collecting local color

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approach (a way)

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treatment

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approach aggresively

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accost

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appropriate for

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apropos
befitting
aptly chosen
in keeping with

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appropriateness of

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the propriety of

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approval

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assent

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approve

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sanction

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approved

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vested

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approved of

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hailed

welcomed

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approximately

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by and large

to the tune of

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are

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happen to be

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are accessible

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lie within the reach of

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are all over the place

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are ubiquitous

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are because

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are rooted mainly in the

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are caused by

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stem from

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are different

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make quite a contrast

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are expensive

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command high prices

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are hidden

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are indistinguishable from

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are many

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abound

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are not

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clearly not the case

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are proof of

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attest to

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are remembered as

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stand in memory as

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are still

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remain

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are unable to

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are in no position to

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area

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realm
domain
sphere

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argue that

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content that

maintain that

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arguing

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wrangling

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argument

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impasse

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argumentative

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polemical

contentious

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arrange

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configure

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arrange into a system (establish)

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codify

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arranged

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deployed

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arrangement

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configuration

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arrival

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advent of

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arrogant

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haughty

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art of controversy

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polemics

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art of debate

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forensics

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artificial behavior

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pretense

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artificial device

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contrivance

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artistic

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aethetic

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artist’s lifework on display

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a retrospective

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as ___ once said

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to borrow the words of
in the lexicon of
to approximate ___’s remark

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as a matter of fact

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as it happens

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as a result

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consequently

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as a way of

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as a means of

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as an added bonus

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for good measure

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as expected

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true to form

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as far as

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insofar as

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as for

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with regard to

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as good

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comparable

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as if

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as though

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as if he owned her

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in a proprietary sort of way

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as long as it is

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provided it is

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as many as you want

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any number of

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as much as we try

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try as we might

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as opposed to

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in contrast to

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as usual

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in typical fashion

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ash colored

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ashen

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aside from

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apart from that

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ask

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pose the question

inquire

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ask for help

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solicit

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asking for trouble

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courting disaster

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asleep

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dormant

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aspect

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facet
feature
component

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ass kisser

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sycophant

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assigned to do

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charged wtih

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assimilation

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acculturation

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assistant

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adjunct

attache

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associated with

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affiliated with

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assume

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take as an indication that

posit

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assumes that there is

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presupposes a

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assumption

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presumption

premise

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assure

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dispel any doubts

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at all

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by any means

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at home

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in one’s element

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at the beginning

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at the outset

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at the end of the day

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ultimately

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at this time

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at this juncture

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at which point

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whereupon

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attached

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adjoining

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attached to

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moored to

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attack (to attack)

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besiege

assail

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attack (an attack)

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incursion

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attack verbally

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inveigh against

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attacked by

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beset by

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attacker of cherished beliefs

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an iconoclast

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attempt

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venture

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attempts at

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forays into

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attentive

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discerning

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attentive of the views of

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solicitous of the views of

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attitude

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disposition

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attract attention to

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invite attention

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attraction to

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affinity for

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attractive

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engaging

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attribute

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ascribe

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authority

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standing

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authorize

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license

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available to use

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at one’s disposal

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average looking

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nondescript

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avoid

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circumvent

pointedly avoid

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avoid the question

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defer

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avoidance

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forbearance

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avoided

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averted

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award

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accolade

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aware of

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heedful of

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away (keep it away)

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at bay

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away from

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apart from

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awful (immoral)

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reprehensible
reproachful
deplorable
depraved

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awkward

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ill at ease

discomfited