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tacky

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lurid

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take

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procure

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take advantage of

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exploit

leverage

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take another look at

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revisit

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take apart

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dismantle

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take away property

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expropriate

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take away the worth of

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detract from

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take back

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retract

recant

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take care of

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attend to

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take comfort in

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take solace in

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take from

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glean

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take legal action

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adjudicate the matter

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take on

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assume

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take questions

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field questions

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take the place of

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supersede

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taken from

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gleaned from

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taking a second look

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revisiting

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talk

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converse

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talk foolishly

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prattle

prate on about

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talk out of

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dissaude

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talkative

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communicative

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tame (is tame)

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docile

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tame (to tame)

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domesticate

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tangled up

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enmeshed in

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taper off

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wane

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taste for

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penchant for

predilection for

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tastes bad

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is unpalatable

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teaching

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instilling

imparting

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tease

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tantalize

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telling stories

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recounting

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temporary

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fleeting

transitory

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tempt

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entice

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temptations

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enticement

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tend to

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are predisposed to

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tendency

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propensity

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terrible

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dire

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territory

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domain

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that has nothing to do with what we’re talking about

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that is a non sequitur

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that is a given

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that is a foregone conclusion

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40
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that is offensive

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I take exception to that

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that we can see

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that are discernable

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the exact opposite

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on the contrary

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the one responsible for

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the maker

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the power of

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the agency of

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the same as

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tantamount to

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theatrics

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melodrama

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theoretical

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conjectural

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thick-skinned

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impervious

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thing (a thing)

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entity

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thing to do

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course of action

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think deeply

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ruminate on

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think out loud

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muse

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thirty

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parched

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thorough

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exhaustive

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thought (a thought)

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deliberated

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thought by many

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widely presumed

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thoughtless

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improvident

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threaten

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bluster

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threatening

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forbidding

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thrifty

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frugal

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thrived

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abounded

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thriving

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burgeoning

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throw away

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dispose of

jettison

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throw up

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purge

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thrown out of office

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ousted

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time of

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a hiatus

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time related

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temporal

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tiny bit

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hint

trace

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tiptoeing around

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treading wearily around

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tired

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spent

listless

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tired-looking

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haggard

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tired of (get tired of)

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weary of

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tiredness

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lassitude

lethargy

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to the point

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terse

succinct

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together

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in concert

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token of rememberance

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a requiem

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tone down

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temper

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tons of

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ample

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too early

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premature

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too much to take

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insufferable

intolerable

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took off and hid

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absconded

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touching

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heart-rending

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touchy

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petulant

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traces

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vestiges

remnants

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trademark

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hallmark

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trained

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groomed

seasoned

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translate

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paraphrase

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transparent

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translucent

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trapped

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ensnared

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traveling

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nomadic

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treachery

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duplicity

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trend

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convention

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tribute to

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pay homage to

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trick (a trick)

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dupe

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trouble

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imposition

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troubled

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disconcerted

distressed

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troublemaker

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provocateur

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troubling

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disconcerting

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trustworthy

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credible

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truthfulness

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veracity

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try to decide

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wrestle with the question of

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trying to recover from

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reeling from

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turn away

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avert your eyes

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twist

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writhe

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twisted

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intertwined

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typical of

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representative of