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able toability toaccording toaccuse A of Bagree withafraid toaid inallow A toallow foramount ofapprenticeship as

argue againstargue forargue thatargue withas ofas exemplified byask forask A toask thatask whether

associate withassure thatattribute A to B

based onbecause ofbelieve inbelieve A to be Bbelieve thatbetween A and B

both A and Bby means of

dated ata debate aboutto debate ondecide todefine A as Bdepend ondepends on whetherderive from

descend fromdetermined bydifferent fromdistinguish between A and Bdistinction A from Bdoubt thatdoubt whetherdue to

either A or Benamored withestimate A to be Bexemplified byexpend (time/money/energy)

fascinated byfascinated withfear forfear offear thatfight againstfight forfight withfor every A, Bforbid A to Bfrom A to B

claim that A is Bclaim to be able to

collaborate witha collection ofcompare A to Bcompare A with Bcompare tocompared tocompared to A, Bcomply withcomposed ofconclude that

conform toconsequence ofconsider A a Bconsider A Bconsist ofconsistent withcontend thatcontrast A with Bcontribute tocredit A with B

had X done X rather than dohold thathope for

hope thathope to

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capable ofchance ofchoose fromchoose to

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in contrast to A, Bin contrast with A, Bin danger ofin order toin violation ofindicates thatindifferent towards

instead ofisolate fromit is A that does X

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know A to be B

know A to do Xknow that A is Bknown asknown forknown to

made ofmistake A for Bmodel aftermore (adjective) than

on account ofout of

persuade A toplace hope inpredict thatprejudiced againstprevent A from Bprior toprobability ofprohibit A from Bprotect fromprotect againstprovide with

question whether

range from A to BA rather than Bregard A as Breluctant toreplace A with Bresponsibility to

responsible forresult inresult ofreveal that

sacrifice A for Bsame to A as to Bseparate fromso as toso A as to be B

so [adjective] as toso thatso [adjective] thatsubject tosubstitute A for Bsuch thatsuch [noun] thatsuggest thatsympathize with

neither A nor Bnext tonot A but Bnot just A but Bnot just A but also Bnot only A but also Bnot so much A as B

think of A as Bthink thattry to

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Vvictory againstvictory overview A as B

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want towhereas X, Ywonder whetherwork asworry aboutX is to Y what A is to

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