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to give up smoking; to stop smoking

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cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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thud; thump; bang

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approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

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dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

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invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

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to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel

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concocting an alibi

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face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

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family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child

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containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)

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to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

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damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably

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big; large; great

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flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient

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to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled

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to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

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proving ground; test site

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erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird

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to be sooty; to be stained

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before the end of this year

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cash bonus; reward; bounty

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patent filing fee; patent maintenance fee; royalty; patent usage fee

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nova; new face; new star

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wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly

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to hurry on one's way

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wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely

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to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

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full payment; liquidation

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collaborative research; joint research

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one's rival in love

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dinner

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deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained

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(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext

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farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

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apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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reminiscent smile; laughing at a memory; smiling to oneself as one recalls something pleasant or amusing

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work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

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to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

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exponential

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royal (institution)

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deduction in advance (of tax, interest, etc.)

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looking depressed; long face

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mutual; reciprocal

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in detail; with great care; completely; fully

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extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

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madness; insanity

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in turns; in series; in order; by rotation

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interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening

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taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening

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