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newspaper story (article, account)

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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such; like that; that sort of; very

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

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victim

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still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

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nonchalantly; without a care

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as you see; as you can see

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first half

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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

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to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

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to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

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with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

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stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred

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guiltless; innocent

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to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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to vacate; to move out

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to settle (in a place); to settle down

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middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

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frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

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unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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comfortable; pleasant

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soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

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serious illness; dangerous disease

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to contract (a disease); to suffer from

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(medical) doctor; physician

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to rescue from; to help out of; to save

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

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temporary

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keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell

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(not) one

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furnishings; implements; equipment

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to leave open

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one (bird)

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aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

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