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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

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race

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off the shoulder (e.g. top, dress, etc.)

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skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

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exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted

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vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink

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to like too much; to like to excess; to adore

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participant; entrant; player; competitor

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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each school

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stand-up meal; buffet

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form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode

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each (person); everyone; individual; respective

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to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

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trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

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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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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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somehow; somewhat; seemingly

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downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

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to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

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to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

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to react; to respond

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to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

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point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark

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blazer

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to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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compared with

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number of pupils

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itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation

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student enrolled from an affiliated lower-level school

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student enrolled from an unaffiliated lower-level school

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to accept; to receive; to agree

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face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

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simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

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entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality

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housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

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to understand; to make out

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being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)

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feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

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