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worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

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speaker

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French food; French cooking; French cuisine

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to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

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sophistry; sophism

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food culture; dietary culture; cuisine

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negative; contradictory

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Orfevre

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almond-shaped eyes; eyes with a wide oval shape

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pop music; popular music

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highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)

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Children of Bodom

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to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

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so-and-so; who?; which people?

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heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast

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finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly

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high and low speed; fast and slow; lenience and severity; emergency; crisis

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obvious; undeniable

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example; exercise (for the reader)

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hateful; detestable; loathsome

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dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off

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simple honesty; tactless frankness

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in accordance with; according to

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boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom

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to talk together

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silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

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title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

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and yet; despite (all) that

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type of occupation; occupational category

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school

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to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent

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rule

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taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed

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

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Sunday

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whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

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hair dye; hair coloring; hair colouring

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hair dyeing

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to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out

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to overwork

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number of days (times) one has attended

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several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)

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to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

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food expenses; cost of one's board

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following year

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

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