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to give as good as one gets

one thing leads to another
to kick someone when they're down
tax break

to close ranks; to stonewall

to stall, to mark time

desktop computer

hardly anyone

without fail, with certainty

high jump

wound up tight

bolognese style
government bond

let sleeping dogs lie

in perfect harmony
mutually destructive conflict

room for manoeuvre

nearby

in cahoots with

at the expense of

landowner

have a hand in
taste buds

GP, family doctor

go over, review

exhausted

a long shot

martial arts
stray bullet

shattered, in pieces

to be dumbfounded

to be on one's guard

at the bedside of

behind the scenes, in the background
whenever, every time that

to fall into oblivion

rumour has it that

criminal record
it is common knowledge that
bloodshed

to catch red-handed

lullaby

to turn upside down

out of use

under review

at the dawn of

in the home stretch

aquifer