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selling separately; selling individually; selling loosely

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risk

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return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit

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to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with

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crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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elder sister

2

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

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staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

1

glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

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to creep about; to crawl around

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snake; serpent; large snake

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to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully

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to escape

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bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses

2

lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

1

to be shaved or planed

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

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doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

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group; party; team; squad; section

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination

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lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

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strongest

2

execution

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force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

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underworld; underside of society

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)

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monster

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to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

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star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot

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empress

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(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge

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means; method; way

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total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure

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survival; survivor; relic

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the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

2

word; vocabulary

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to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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