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a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from

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newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

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be; is; isn't it?

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natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

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high-risk

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quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

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maintaining the status quo

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poor business performance; economic slump

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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personnel reduction

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first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period

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severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

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to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

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the present term; the present session

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with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

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to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other

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evidence; proof

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

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

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that's the way it is; such is life

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

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irresponsibility

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

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subordinate person

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pupil; student; schoolchild

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I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

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to be embarrassed; to lose face

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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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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lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

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to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

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skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

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never mind!; don't worry about it

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consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

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to be too short

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file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file

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

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defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste

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those; they

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cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)

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there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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excuse; explanation

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-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

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consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

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to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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