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consider
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3
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foul
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3
guess(verb, take a risk, take risk)
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3
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hurtle
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3
light(verb, meet, oppose, see, challenge)
3
pass through(verb, expression, phrasal verb, eventuality)
3
passage
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pretend(verb, take a risk, take risk)
3
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rencounter(contention, arrival)
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run smack into(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
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