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To take him as a model

To steal something valuable

To follow the dictates of someone

To conform to others standard

To surrender

To fight vigorously

To make a rude gesture

To work hard

To incite a person to fight

To ruin somebody

To discourage a person

To rouse one to do one's best

To offer bribe

To humiliate

To keep captive and demand concession

To blackmail and extract money

To fling ironical remarks

To try to do the impossible

To burn something to ashes

To do something remarkable