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aunt; old lady; ma'am

2

to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

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sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

blister; corn

1

to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel; to jostle (with)

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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to look around; to tour

2

as stated; verbatim; literally

3

tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

2

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

3

gambling; competition; game (of chance)

1

fireworks

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canvas; base

1

appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)

1

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

case (container); case (instance, situation); case

1

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

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to recall; to remember

2

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

1

bang; whump; boom

1

shades of evening; dead of night

2

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

2

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

2

with a splash; with a plop

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

aura

2

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

1

forgetting; lapse of memory

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to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

1

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

1

flight; escape

1

very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound

1

climax

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always; all the time

2

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

1

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

dressing up; putting on makeup; dolling (oneself) up

1

with a start; in a fright; alarmedly

2

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

1

one boat; one ship

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

2

oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night

4

to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)

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