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scientific

3

terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking

10

fist-sized

1

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

2

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

2

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

5

for one thing ...

1

... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...

3

another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very

6

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

9

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden

1

n-storied building

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

2

density

2

to turn to the right

1

commercial building

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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river; stream; River; the ... river

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

4

after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present

1

irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume

1

sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

1

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

2

construction work

2

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

2

high ground; elevation; hill; plateau

1

rear; back; behind

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

6

progress; advance; improvement; development

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

2

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

3

endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous

2

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

far away in the distance; in the far distance

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

3

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)

1

even now; still; as yet

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

5

complicated and mysterious

1

and so; therefore; for that reason

2

to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly

1

the first ...; primary

1

colonists; emigrants

1

group (usu. of people)

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

4

again; once again; yet again

3

months and years

1