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dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

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to be answerable (for); to take the blame

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cold reception; inhospitality

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discontent and grumbling

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to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

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overwhelming

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underground water

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months and years

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little by little; bit by bit

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accumulation; accumulate; store

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last year

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increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

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talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip

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cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

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far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

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prime of manhood

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ripeness; mellowness; maturity

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to tear off; to rip off

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document; papers

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

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to cultivate; to foster

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leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

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development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life

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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money

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original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

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only recently; just of late

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sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

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this and that; one thing and another

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to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone

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tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

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written investigation; report of an investigation; school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

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painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

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(act of) violence; vicious crime; murder

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comfort; consolation; diversion

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to feel ashamed

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pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

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parricide

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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

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to treat badly

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first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

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to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

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to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

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cannot be helped; unavoidable

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to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of

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