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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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please refrain (from)

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unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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always; all the time; never; usual; regular

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mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

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carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

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arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

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office

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seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden

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meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

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what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

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to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

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deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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but; however; although

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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to hide; to conceal

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

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to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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time; hour; period; class

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

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one-by-one; individual

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to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

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first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

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impossible

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producer (film, TV, etc.)

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

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leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing

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