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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

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incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

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editing; compilation

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the staff; inside the department

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reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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you; dear; honey

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magazine; journal; periodical

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corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

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together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category

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to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

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association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise

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to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

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short story; short film; short poem

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contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

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should; must; ought to

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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but; however; although

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

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long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem

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considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

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crossover

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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two persons; two people; pair; couple

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by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

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manner; style

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interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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questionnaire; survey; poll

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to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

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to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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notice; notification

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information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)

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many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)

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well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then

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