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to be reliable

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economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

1

future prospects; promise

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comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

1

this person

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thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

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woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute

4

being lightly dressed

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just out of the bath

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restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

4

inflammatory; lascivious; sensational

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nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

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to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

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now that you say that; now that you mention it

2

provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

1

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

1

season; time of year

1

soon; shortly; nearly; almost

1

showy; ostentatious

1

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

1

chink in the armor (armour)

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to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

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low altitude; low sky

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drop-kick

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

abdomen

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to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

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to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

2

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

2

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

2

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

5

(at the) window

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(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly

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in swarms; crawling with

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public cemetery

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downtown

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soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

2

anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means

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wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

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summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling

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children

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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