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acquaintance

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

3

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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music

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clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

2

tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale

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to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

1

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

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if so; in that case; in that situation

1

great joy

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

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one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

8

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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since when; from when; how long

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

2

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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contact address

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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good grief

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

2

say; well; um; er

1

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

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travel; trip; journey

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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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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thank you; thanks

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Mr (junior); master; boy

2

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

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meaning; called; said

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