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one week

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to rise; to swell; to be promoted

2

painter; artist

1

large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

1

to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"

2

next week

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

3

foresight; foreknowledge; divination

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

3

to wear out (something)

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of late; lately; this part; this point; here

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carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)

4

meanwhile; in the meantime

1

department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

1

to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover

1

eraser

1

abortion; to be interrupted; to be discontinued; to be suspended

1

profound; deep; unfathomable

1

mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)

2

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

1

great adventure

1

to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

2

public and private; official and personal; government and people

1

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

2

bow and arrow; weapon; arms

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

pacifist

1

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

1

discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen

2

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

2

adventurous spirit; sense of adventure

1

more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

2

Downing

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prime minister's official residence

3

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

4

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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children

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

2

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

militant; aggressive

1

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

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failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade

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Newcastle

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preparation of tools

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to come to mind; to pop into one's head

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