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insurance payout; insurance money

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devious; cunning; sly; crafty

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source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

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second line of a four-line Chinese poem

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change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

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actress; female actor

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script; screenplay; scenario

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puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

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end; conclusion

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this world; this life; world of the living

5

climax

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to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert

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photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer

1

you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

2

viewer; (television) audience

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drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water

3

sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain

2

simply; merely; only; solely

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blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

1

videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

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safe-deposit box

2

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

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last orders (for food or drink in a bar or restaurant); last call

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store; shop

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collector

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private

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art gallery; art museum

4

entirely; (not) at all

2

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

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chief (of police); head (of office)

2

with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life

2

Lenoir; Renoir

2

result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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tonight; this evening

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cheap; reasonable

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inheritance; something given or received

2

Mexico

3

Guerlain; Goran; Guerrand

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also known as; also called

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Mexico

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to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

4

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

2

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

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