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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

1

another company; other company

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

failure; mistake; blunder

3

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

1

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

change of course

1

only; nothing but

6

official announcement; proclamation

4

mass communication; mass media

3

concentrated fire; intense criticism

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

who

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to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

5

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

demotion; relegation; downgrading

2

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

6

career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee

6

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

9

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

7

meaning; significance; sense

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

2

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

scandal; deplorable event

2

narcotic; drug; dope

2

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

2

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

the best; ideal

2

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

2

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

2

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

4

to smoke a cigarette

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tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

1

is not; am not; are not

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and; as well as

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psychotropic drug

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control law

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

crime; offence; offense

3

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

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