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I wanted to do more than (be the reason that someone receives an amount of money) (income from business activities or taxes).

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In 1993, Phillips (gave up) the partnership track.

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It took Galston six months to (muster courage) to walk into the Oval Office, meet with the president, and walk away from his job.

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Phillips, Casy and Galston had to (consider or anticipate) the (unpleasant effects) from success.

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"What do I love to do?"; "How am I comfortable behaving?"; "What can I achieve?" If you (to solve a complicated situation or problem) those questions, and compare the answers with your natural talents and abilities, you'll start down the to success.

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Amith had led an (very skilfully done) and (dealing with a large variety of subjects) career.

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"My throat feels " (narrowed), she complains.

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Daniel Alkon, author of Memory's Voice, (compares, show similarities) the process a tape recording.

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We also must be psychologically ready to (deal with) memories that are recalled.

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(not practical for not being wholly prepared) (for many people but without knowledge) psychologists with the barest knowledge of transference and counter-transference don't realise that it can be damaging to get clients to cry or scream on the table.

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She took up karate, which allowed her to apply her new sense of (condition of being sensible and confident) and power. What had been a (humble and submissive) personality in a soft body started developing into a confident individual in a strong body.

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Her jaw (shakes). She whimpers.

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Marcie later (remembered) the images she saw. "My mother was (pulling) me around the room by my hair. She was so angry, so hostile..."

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What is this (event, fact) called "body memory", and what (activates) its (recollection)? Of what value is it to a person's (health, welfare)? Are there possible dangers in (calling forth) it?

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In a situation where we feel it's not permissible to show certain feelings, we unconsciously (tighten, contract) the muscles that normally would be used in expressing those emotions.

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The body becomes "armored" -it (shuts in, imprisons) the memories or emotions.

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As in Marcie's case, holding patterns can be (fixed) even before we're capable of mentally perceiving what is happening.

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If you suspect that buried memories (are the cause of) an (illness, condition) and you are tempted to have a bodyworker help (expel, eject) those memories, you should proceed with care.

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Transference is a re-experiencing in a present relationship of certain feelings, thoughts, or fantasies that ocurred in a (earlier) relationship.

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She finds her work genuinely satisfying -even though she's not (making progress and likely to achieve) make partner.

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We could have grown it much bigger. But rather than grow the business, we (made smaller) it back down to 2.

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For four years, my days were broken into 15 of 20 minute segments. Each segment involved stress, fun, and sometimes both. The adrenaline was always (flowing).

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He built a (very successful) firm.

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He is, (not being as strong or extreme as it could be), a driven guy.

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There was a second problem I missed being able to (be in charge, be in authority).

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Say ( (purposedly showing less amount or degree for the sake of caution)) that you work 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 50 years. That's 100,000 working hours over the course of a career.

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If you must use the Internet, (put into code) your -email and never give your real name when registering at websites.

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All this may sound paranoic, but in fact, it is advice being offered by the more (marked by active interest and enthusiasm) of today's privacy campaigners.

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In an increasingly wired world, people are continually creating information about themselves that is recorded and often sold or (shared, gathered).

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The goal of privacy (supporters) is not extreme.

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That is a clue to how fast things have changed. To try to restore the privacy that was universal in the 1970s is to (try to achieve something impossible).

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Attempts to (control) the (close observation) society through new laws will intensify.

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Privacy protection services may offer a brief (reprieve, temporary relief) for those determined, whatever the trouble o cost, to protect themselves.

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20 years (from now) most people will find that the privacy they take for granted today will be just as (impossible to catch or achieve) as the privacy of the 1970 now seems.

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Privacy is doomed for the same reason that is has been (deteriorated) so fast over the past two decades. People may prefer to (abandon) the huge benefits that the new information economy promises. But they will not, in practice, be offered that choice.

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Privacy is a (remaining after the rest has gone) value, hard to define or protect in the abstract. The (increasing by addition) effect of these (agreements between parties fixing obligations to both of them) will be the end of privacy.

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Someone who is an expert in a subject, and is often asked to talk to the public about that subject is a .

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Someone who uses money to start businesses and make business deals, usually with considerable daring, skill, and financial risk is an .

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To do what most other people do is to .

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I (come to a sudden and unexpected stop) of telling him what I really thought.

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I have respect for everyone who has (been brave enough to) travel here to work despite the adversity.

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They see too that (making profit) companies are returning bumper profits.

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To be like a in somebody else's is to be manipulated by someone.

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She (posed, presented [something such as a complaint]) a complaint with the city council.

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She did not (express approval) federal legalization of the drug for either medical or recreational use.

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She was mildly (dishonest, hypocritical), encouraging a doomed project perhaps without telling its makers it was doomed, gossipy about salaries and billing.

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can also mean to restrict or hold back someone else, to prevent someone from doing what they're intending to do. Prison guards have to a prisoner who is trying to attack one of his fellow inmates. That prisoner might even be put in handcuffs — a kind of . You can yourself, for example if you're watching a Broadway show and suddenly feel the urge to sing along. Your fellow audience members would be grateful for your , especially if you've got a terrible voice.

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Although the violence has (weakened) considerably from its peak in 2011, human rights organisations still accuse the Bahraini authorities of abuses.

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Stories about science and religion (call forth) plenty of comments, especially our stories about how religion is being forced upon students in public schools.

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Still, he says that he (enjoyed) the chance to play someone different.

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When a fee is charged for the privilege of driving on a road or crossing a bridge, it's called a . Another kind of is the charge to make a long distance telephone call. Occasionally, refers to a different kind of cost — a loss of human life: the human of an earthquake or war. Finally, there's the , or deep ringing sound, of a bell.

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To one's is to carry one's share of the burden; to do one's share of the work..

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However distasteful Putin’s actions may be, the West should recognize the spiritual yearning that (is the cause of) his power — the soft side of hard.

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Their price would have to (decrease) by more than half, to roughly $5,000 per patient per year, to make the $150,000 level.

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A comment or behaviour is when it's in a way other people do not approve.

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To help (a child, an animal, a plant, etc.) to grow or develop is to .

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To be in a difficult situation in which a very small mistake could have very bad results is to .

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To be is to be sad and in low spirits.

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is a synonym of approximately.

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The action, state or effect of improving or becoming less severe is "".

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If you do something , you do it at a time when you are too angry or excited to think carefully.

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To is to work, to do what is needed in order to achieve something.

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To something is to claim that it is true.

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To begin to understand a difficult situation and start to find a way of dealing with it is to it.

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