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44 Cards in this Set
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adversary
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opponent;enemy
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alternative
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choice; possibility
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ambled
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walked leisurely
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annoyance
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disturbance; nuisance
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countered
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spoke or acted against
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defiance
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resistance to authority
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dictated
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ordered
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donations
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gifts (usually money); contributions
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encounter
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meeting (usually tense)
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front
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false manner; guise
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generosity
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freely giving
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indifference
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lack of interest
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prestige
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high or influential position; status; prominence
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principle
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standard of behavior; law
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regretfully
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sorrowfully; disappointedly
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shabby
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unfair; mean; also, worn
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smirked
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smiled sarcastically or falsely
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violate
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break; do violence to
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barely
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very little; not too much
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accustomed
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used to; familiar with
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burdens
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something that weights one down physically or mentally
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disturbing
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bothering; making uncomfortable
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forbidden
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not permitted or allowed, (very negative)
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offhandedly
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casually
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deadly serious
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very serious
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a last resort
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the last way to resolve something
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shape up
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to get better as like one is supposed to be
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settle this
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negotiate this
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straightened out
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fixed or made better
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horsely
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speaking with difficulty as with a sore throat
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plead
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ask in a begging way
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stubborn
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unwilling to negotiate or change one's ways
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listen to reason
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listen to logical reasons
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strode
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past of stroll, which means walk with long steps
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wealth
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the noun mean with a lot of money
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hard put to (find)
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difficulty doing something
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see your way clear to
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agree to do something
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hardship
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noun meaning to have diffulties or problems
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to buy (someone)off
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to pay someone to do or not do something (illegally or against the rules) (to give some one a bribe)
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misconception
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to have the wrong idea about something
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dismissed
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fired from a job
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sacked
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fired from a job
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glanced up
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looked up casually
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unguarded
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not careful to protect
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