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to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better

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shortsighted; narrow-minded

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implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

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(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

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medium; media

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to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

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acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

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spy; secret agent; spying

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imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

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mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

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transmission; sending

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finger; toe; digit

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with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)

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erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction

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guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

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to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

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gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

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funeral; funeral service

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ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

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promotion (school, military, etc.)

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one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

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to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

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meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

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long journey; long trip

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old woman; hag; old bag

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simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

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having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience

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order (for an item); request; demand; condition

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to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see

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ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

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properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way

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to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)

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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

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care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

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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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favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

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feeling of a house or a room

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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humble; modest

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in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic

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haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

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without; but if; otherwise; or else

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to embrace each other

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