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official business; public business

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twig; spray

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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anything and everything; just about everything

2

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

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sense of reality

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

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to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

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gross; disgusting

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opening fully; full throttle; full power

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to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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kindergarten

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game; play; sports

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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children's song; nursery rhyme

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parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody

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space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

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article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

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business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

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afternoon; p.m.

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to become empty; to be emptied

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amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

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expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

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trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

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to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

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you (plural)

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scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

5

brink; critical moment

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parting; separation; farewell

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

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now is the time

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

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difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

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wariness

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to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

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speech and conduct; words and deeds

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won't do (for me)

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tone

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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