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double-dealing(deception, dishonesty, scheme, trickery)
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draw(verb, delight, interest, stimulate)
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faction(cause, group, party, section)
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finesse(verb, cunning)
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game(move, action, plan, trick)
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intimacy(case, fling, relationship, affair)
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racket(activity, trick, swindle, con)
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relationship(love, passion, devotion, fling)
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scheming
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tryst(love, passion, devotion, fling)
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allure(verb, draw, delight, interest)
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cheating(deception, swindle, dishonesty, con)
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entanglement(love, passion, mess, devotion)
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expedient
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frame-up
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gambit(move, action, trick, deception)
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strategy
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trap(trick, deception, mess, con)
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affaire de coeur(expression, idiom, love, passion)
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complication(mess, scheme, tangle, trickery)
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