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ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

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feeling; sense; impression

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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

2

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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timing

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

2

be; is

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perennial youth; eternal youth

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is not; am not; are not

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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to age; to grow old

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in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er

2

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

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failure; mistake; blunder

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from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

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ageing; aging; senile deterioration

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acceleration; speeding up

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counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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ego; self; ego

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to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

2

the very thing; itself

3

to become; to be

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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that; those; the

3

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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another (person); the other person; one more (person)

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

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reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

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be; is; isn't it?

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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indeed; it's no wonder

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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to increase; to multiply

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excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much

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we

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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