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to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate

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foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

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to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

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short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling

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to be working hard; to be doing one's best

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lickety-split; quickly

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to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)

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for one thing ...

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living room (Western style); sitting room

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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modular bath; prefabricated bath

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form; method; system; formula

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washing with water; rinsing; flushing

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to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

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day and night

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mushroom

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to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

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side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

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lake surface

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guillotine

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a size smaller

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food chain

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massing (of troops); gathering

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to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

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sequel; second series

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burial

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encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion

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storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory; saving

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adherence; sticking (to); fixation

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agitation; stirring; whipping; beating

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night; nighttime

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structure

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string

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searchlight

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surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

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opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

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to guess; to estimate

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to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

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to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

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not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore

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middle of the night; dead of night

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to lose one's footing; to slip

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subdivision

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nesting hole; burrow; den

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fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart

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a great variety of; diversity

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in a little bit; after a short while

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water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

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apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

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