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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

3

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

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nature; property; disposition

2

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

4

start

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to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

4

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

3

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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joining a club

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applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer

5

to increase; to multiply

8

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

2

taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

1

the best; ideal

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

5

study; research; investigation

9

assembly; meeting

1

successor

1

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

2

easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap

1

smartphone; smart phone

2

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

1

as; because; with; due to

2

(one's) figure; build; physique; style

1

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

2

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

1

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

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decrease; reduction; decline

2

to smell; to sense

2

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

succeeding; following; trailing; next

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to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

9

to fade; to become dim

2

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

3

I see; that's right; indeed

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you could say that

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

3

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

4

doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

1

particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

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component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

4

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

2

violent explosion; bursting

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