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life span

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One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

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hunger; starvation

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eternity; perpetuity

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to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

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abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

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crazy talk

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prank; practical joke

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avenger; revenger

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scarlet; red

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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moth

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broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

4

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

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to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

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to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

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machine parts; machinery; equipment

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to carry in; to bring in

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radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

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cellar; basement

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state of emergency; emergency; crisis

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radio

5

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

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to frown; to scowl

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desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

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systematic; organized; organizational

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silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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noise

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

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speaker

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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enumeration; citation; listing

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those (near the second person)

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness

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to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

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first-class; first-rate

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government; administration; statesmanship

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private; personal

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property; fortune; assets

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therefore; consequently

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today; this day

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direct control

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measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

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to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

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