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fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate

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transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

3

ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual

2

to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

5

you

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transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

2

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

bow; bowing

4

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

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fainting in agony

3

adding (an extra amount); increasing; tacking on (a charge)

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automatic door

1

standing in a row; forming a line; alignment

1

to form a line; to queue up; to line up

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

4

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)

3

pigeon; dove

3

peashooter

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup

3

to be lacking in options; to be too few

4

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

2

bankruptcy; insolvency

2

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

1

petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled

1

a bit lower (of price)

2

competing; competition; auction

1

to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

loud shout; excited cheering

1

hear! hear!; hooray

4

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

2

theatre; theater; playhouse

1

aimless

1

doctor; physician

5

loud; sonorous; ringing

2

sobriety; soberness; sober face

2

persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet

1

skilled manager; resourceful general

2

to strip and leave clothes lying around

1

(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)

3

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

2

to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate

1

ladle; (hen's) egg

3

in the end; on top of that

2

to throw back

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classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)

2

return; restoration

3

stone throwing; (throwing) stone

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