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brain death

2

dissection; autopsy

1

revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration

2

hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

1

starting line; starting point

1

bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance

1

Santa Cruz

1

operation

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

to kick down; to defeat

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

1

(and) many others; extras (in a film)

1

label; sticker

1

criticism; critique

1

family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home

1

suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

2

skin

1

I don't want to boast but

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

1

bubble; bubble economy

1

whereunder; thereunder

1

poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

2

one-by-one; separately; in detail

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

1

unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)

1

management; administration; operation

1

management information system (MIS)

3

elite

1

standard; basis; principle

1

just a handful; only a small number (of)

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

simplification

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

high-end; high end; high level

1

is never the case; has never happened

1

to shake off

1

Sun Microsystems

1

distributed computing

1

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

2

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

5

one; one

6

lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

1

sense that something is relatively inexpensive or undervalued

1

depression; recession; slump

2