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MI6

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UK foreign intelligence service (M, i, 6)

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Edie

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Peter Gunn’s girlfriend on the TV series, played by Lola Albright

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Olga Korbut

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Russian gold medalist gymnast in 1972 and 1976

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Jennifer Beals

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actress in Flashdance

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Owen Wister

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father of Western fiction, biographer of U.S. Grant, author of the The Virginian series of novels

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Bobsey Twins

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series of children’s novels by Laura Lee Hope

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Nan & Bert

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older (girl and boy) Bobsey twins

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Freddie & Flossie

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younger (boy and girl) Bobsey twins

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mummer

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performer of a mumming (or mumming play), i.e. a play not performed by professional actors

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to top

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to chop the top part or head off of somone or something

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Fotheringhay

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village in North Northamptonshire, site of Mary Stuart’s beheading

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duck, duckie

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British term of endearment

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bonce

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(British slang) head, skull

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Solihull

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town in West Midlands

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Basingstoke

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town in Hampshire

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oafish

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clumsy, unmannered, stupid

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groundling

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ground-dwelling animal; uncultured, tasteless person

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vole

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subfamily of rodent known as field mouse in the U.S.

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tosh

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(British) nonsense

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Guildford

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town in west Surrey

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jobbing

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part-time, piecemeal (as regards work)

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Jock

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Scottish English nickname for “John”; by extension, derogatory term for a Scottish soldier or just a Scot

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bint

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(Brit.) derogatory term for girl or woman

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to snaffle

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to appropriate, pilfer, steal

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piles
a nontechnical name for hemmorrhoids
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sod
annoying, unpleasant person (British slang)
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minx
pert, impudent or flirtatious girl
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John Phillips, Cass Elliot
two members of The Mamas & the Papas
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"Mama Cass"
nickname of Cass Elliot
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McKenzie Phillips
actress on TV show _One Day at a Time_, daughter of John Phillips
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fly in the ointment
a flaw that spoils an entire work or product
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two Titan siblings
Atlas and Prometheus
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_Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters_
movie directed and written by Paul Schrader about the author Yukio Mishima
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_The Book of Five Rings_
a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645
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kenjutsu
umbrella term for all traditional schools of Japanese swordsmanship
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taxi dancer
paid dance partner
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to tromp
to roundly defeat, to shellac
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anile
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman
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Ernie Els
South African golfer
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slough (verb)
(pronounced "sluff") to jettison, dispose of, shed
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slough (noun)
(pronounced "sloo", also spelled "slew" or "slue") swamp, hole; condition of degradation
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das Hoheitsgewässer
territorial waters (Ger.)
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der Dorsch
codfish (Ger.)
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der Viecher
critter (Ger.)
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bei jdm ist der Groschen gefallen
sb has understood (a lightbulb went on)
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der Binnenmarkt
Common Market (Ger.)
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der Hebel
lever
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am längeren Hebel sitzen
to have the upper hand
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_Die Biene Maya_
_Maya the Bee_ (German cartoon)
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"I Believe in Father Christmas"
Greg Lake Christmas rock song ("They say there'll be peace on Christmas...")
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UK foreign intelligence service (M, i, 6)
MI6
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Peter Gunn's girlfriend on the TV series, played by Lola Albright
Edie
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Russian gold medalist gymnast in 1972 and 1976
Olga Korbut
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actress in _Flashdance_
Jennifer Beals
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father of Western fiction, biographer of U.S. Grant, author of the _The Virginian_ series of novels
Owen Wister
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series of children's novels by Laura Lee Hope
_Bobsey Twins_
57
older (girl and boy) Bobsey twins
Nan & Bert
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younger (boy and girl) Bobsey twins
Freddie & Flossie
59
performer of a mumming (or mumming play), i.e. a play not performed by professional actors
mummer
60
to chop the top part or head off of somone or something
to top
61
village in North Northamptonshire, site of Mary Stuart's beheading
Fotheringhay
62
British term of endearment
duck, duckie
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(British slang) head, skull
bonce
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town in West Midlands
Solihull
65
town in Hampshire
Basingstoke
66
clumsy, unmannered, stupid
oafish
67
ground-dwelling animal; uncultured, tasteless person
groundling
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subfamily of rodent known as field mouse in the U.S.
vole
69
(British) nonsense
tosh
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town in west Surrey
Guildford
71
part-time, piecemeal (as regards work)
jobbing
72
Scottish English nickname for "John"; by extension, derogatory term for a Scottish soldier or just a Scot
Jock
73
(Brit.) derogatory term for girl or woman
bint
74
to appropriate, pilfer, steal
to snaffle
75
a nontechnical name for hemmorrhoids
piles
76
annoying, unpleasant person (British slang)
sod
77
pert, impudent or flirtatious girl
minx
78
two members of The Mamas & the Papas
John Phillips, Cass Elliot
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nickname of Cass Elliot
"Mama Cass"
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actress on TV show _One Day at a Time_, daughter of John Phillips
McKenzie Phillips
81
a flaw that spoils an entire work or product
fly in the ointment
82
Atlas and Prometheus
two Titan siblings
83
movie directed and written by Paul Schrader about the author Yukio Mishima
_Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters_
84
a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645
_The Book of Five Rings_
85
umbrella term for all traditional schools of Japanese swordsmanship
kenjutsu
86
paid dance partner
taxi dancer
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to roundly defeat, to shellac
to tromp
88
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman
anile
89
South African golfer
Ernie Els
90
(pronounced "sluff") to jettison, dispose of, shed
slough (verb)
91
(pronounced "sloo", also spelled "slew" or "slue") swamp, hole; condition of degradation
slough (noun)
92
territorial waters (Ger.)
das Hoheitsgewässer
93
codfish (Ger.)
der Dorsch
94
critter (Ger.)
der Viecher
95
sb has understood (a lightbulb went on)
bei jdm ist der Groschen gefallen
96
Common Market (Ger.)
der Binnenmarkt
97
lever
der Hebel
98
to have the upper hand
am längeren Hebel sitzen
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_Maya the Bee_ (German cartoon)
_Die Biene Maya_
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Greg Lake Christmas rock song ("They say there'll be peace on Christmas...")
"I Believe in Father Christmas"

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