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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

1

plants and animals; flora and fauna

1

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

2

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

1

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

computer

1

counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation

1

according to (someone)

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

24 hours; twenty-four hours

1

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

3

to go mad

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

2

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

5

dream

7

evolution; progress

1

Cretaceous Period

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

8

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

3

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

4

imagination

3

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

straw paper

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

3

tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

1

straight line

1

will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)

1

plainly; clearly; vividly

1

science

1

researcher

5

stroke of the brush; touch; literary style

2

astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant

1

flight; flying; soaring

2

to dash off; to write freely

1

point of compromise; common ground

1

improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up

1

correction; revision; amendment

1

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

2

already; too late

4

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

editorial department

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

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)

2

easy to read; legible; clear

1

fair copy; clean copy

2

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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