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introductory remarks

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pieces; scraps; disconnected

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to gush forth

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periodic; cyclic

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dialect; provincialism

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talk; chat

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three years

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south

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Italy

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other

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to realize; to realise

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very deeply

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

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having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly

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tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

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to improve one's skill

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gesture; charades (game)

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having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

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with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

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to pilfer; to steal a portion

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to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss

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wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

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dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

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to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

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(nothing) but a little

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to run around; to bustle about

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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to grasp; to get

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out

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heartbreak; grief; sorrow

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everyday language; common parlance; vernacular

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to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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to play a leading role; to play a central part

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to assemble; to set up; to construct

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pronunciation; production of sound

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memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

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memory; ability to remember

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to accompany; to go with; to go together

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work of art

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only; merely; but; no more than

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the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

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in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

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paving stone; pavement

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(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

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curtains

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