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comparatively; relatively

2

the Industrial Revolution

3

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

4

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

3

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

2

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

1

all-purpose; suiting everybody

1

Newcomen

1

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

1

watt

1

cylinder

1

cooling device

1

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

2

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

2

steam engine

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

2

progress; advance; improvement; development

3

steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

1

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

4

MacDonald; Macdonald; Mcdonald; McDonald's (fast food chain)

2

continuation; succession; series

7

invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

2

Manchester

1

railroad; railway; rail transport

2

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

1

top; summit; vertex

2

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

6

Dublin (Ireland)

1

dog; andiron

1

high efficiency; high performance

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

3

twice

2

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

5

consecutive; continuous; successive

1

standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)

1

overproduction

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

4

firm; company

1

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

2

that is; namely; i.e.

2

to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear

6

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

1

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

1