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term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

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touch; contact

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classical; classic

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stage setting

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example; an instance

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midwinter

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skiing; ski; skis

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accommodation; lodging

5

record(-setting)

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heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

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fallen snow; snow cover

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

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descending (mountain)

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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closed

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absurd; unreasonable

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scientific crime detection; forensic investigation

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serial murders

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public power; governmental authority

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intervention

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(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels

2

thermal runaway; overheating

1

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

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thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

6

rare; seldom

9

creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)

1

one by one; one after another; successively

6

bang on the money; spot on; right answer

2

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

2

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

10

big shot; higher-ups

2

police officer; policeman; policewoman

5

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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intention; aim; design

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locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)

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failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

3

theatre; theater; playhouse

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public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch

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to step on; to trample down; to tread on

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

6

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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invitee

3

proposal; motion; recommendation

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to divert; to distract

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

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some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

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