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tongue twister

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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

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ridiculous; odd

5

expert; skilled hand; person of experience

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many thousands

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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now; come (now); well

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coherence; consistency

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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technique; art; skill; move

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squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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then; well; so; be; is

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excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

3

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

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sense of being the chosen people

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to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky

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failure; mistake; blunder

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self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

4

bowling (esp. tenpin)

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first; new

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pitching ability; counter for pitches

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strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)

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beginner's luck

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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well then ...; in that situation; in which case

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strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

4

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

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shoulder

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(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

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heavily; profoundly

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to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

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tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

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self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

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scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

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sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

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