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tonight; this evening

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tightly clenched fist

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in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless

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painful experience

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count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)

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ghost story

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essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

2

fiance; fiancee

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unhappiness; sad fate; misfortune

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to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

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going to the hospital for regular treatment

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plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy

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sound of the wind; voice of the wind

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stray cat; alley cat

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pleasant feeling; good feeling

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humming; crooning

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fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur

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progress; development

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lifestyle; way of living

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

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remaining silent; keeping secret

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torture

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international; diplomatic intercourse

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charter

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since; henceforth

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to claim victims; to leave casualties

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dealing with; coping with

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married

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substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

2

overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par

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group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

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famous; well-known; renowned; your name

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

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I have nothing to do with it

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sooner or later

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to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

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cuckoo clock

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puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot

2

to produce a sound

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alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

2

boohoo; boo hoo; waa waa

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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to push back

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difficult to speak about

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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