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disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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fundamental; primary; most important

1

free time; spare time

1

daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

1

ancient Greece

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philosopher

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say; well; um; er

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sorry

2

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

1

recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light

1

philosophy

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

1

stay; sojourn

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

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fruit

5

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

smoothie

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

holidays; vacation

2

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

beach; foreshore

1

way one walks; one's walk

1

polish; refinement

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

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gossip

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failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

1

running as fast as one can

2

school rules; school regulations

1

Red dragon

17

older sister; elder sister

46

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

15

deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully

1

knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

6

doctors; teachers

2

head of the student council; president of the student council

9

strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

1

to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)

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