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to drink in one gulp

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

1

high temperature and humidity

1

climate

1

humid; sultry

1

unable to sleep well

1

to find out

1

historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site

6

to wander from place to place; to change jobs

1

hearsay

1

many; a lot; much; multitude

1

literature; books (reference); document

1

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track

1

mystery

1

special radio or television programme; television special

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

1

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

2

to explain; to dispel doubts

1

truth; real situation

2

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

2

verification; inspection

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

1

nature; disposition

3

home area; home town; local

1

unsettled; pending; unresolved

1

information; experience; knowledge; observation

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

scholar

3

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

1

fieldwork

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect

1

actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living

1

inspection; observation

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

fluent; smooth; flowing

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

1

desk

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

folklore studies; folkloristics

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

archeologist; archaeologist

1

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

2