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entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

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drunkard; drunk

9

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

2

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

in case of; at that time; at this time

1

information; news; report; reward; retribution

1

pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

1

undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

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to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

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downtown

3

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

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to make a living

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poor person; the poor

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

2

cheap hotel

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

1

shopping; purchased goods

1

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

1

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

2

mother

6

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

1

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)

3

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

1

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

1

to rove; to prowl; to go cruising

1

parents; both parents

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

4

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon

1

to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits

1

main street; avenue; boulevard

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alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

slum

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating

1

giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

wall; fence

2

god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

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(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing

2

big; large; great

3

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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