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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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day before yesterday

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night; evening; dinner

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oh!; ah!; oh no

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about this time

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article to be delivered; present

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oh; yes; huh?; hm?

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(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then

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to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

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to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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

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that; those; the

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

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after all; because; but; even; too; as well

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable

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anything and everything; just about everything

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

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leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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age; years (old)

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to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

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such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

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indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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automatic lock; automatic door-locking system

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch

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to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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