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desertification

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moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

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great difference; major mistake

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before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

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(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

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natural enemy

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to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

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breaking down; defeating; abolishing

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pinch-hitting

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Loye; Loy

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in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter

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I; me

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support

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censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

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standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)

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hereabouts; around here

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meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

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recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

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ridiculous; odd

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to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone

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assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

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to spread; to be propagated

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seeing; looking at

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to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

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to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

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receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

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scarce; few remaining

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leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

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to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

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refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

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relation; connection; relevance

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)

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awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something

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to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

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to frolic about; to mess around

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to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

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between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

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to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

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to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

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things depend on how you look at them

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(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

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to have an interest (in)

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three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

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klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

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if; in case

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affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

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