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to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

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good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

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inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

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paradox

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a long time ago

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egoism; egotism; selfishness

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altruism

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motive; incentive; motif

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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starting point; point of departure

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to hesitate to say

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to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

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first; first base; first baseman; fast

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vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true

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propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad

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to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

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crushing to death

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to happen to be present

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relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

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geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

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traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)

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flickering; blinking

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charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

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to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

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sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

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both knees

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urge to urinate

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scientific

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to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest

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outside of; not covered by

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nature; the natural world; realm of nature

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to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

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VR; Virtual Reality

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road; load; lord

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rug; lag (esp. in online gaming)

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(historical) investigation

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

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hills and fields; hill and dale

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literally; to the letter; literal

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to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

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literary

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rhetoric

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appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

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structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling

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