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if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

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scouting; reconnaissance

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oh; ah

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I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

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robe

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something wrapped in cloth

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

2

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

3

sphere; globe; orb

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object; body; solid

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

4

having said that; on the other hand

2

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

2

to be reduced to ...

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careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

ground; earth's surface

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miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases

2

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

2

corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy

1

even more; still more; further

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to scatter; to spread

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pollution; contamination

2

to carry; to bring (to a place)

2

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

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to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

2

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

3

walking; going on foot

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advance; moving forward; progress

2

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

2

site; point on a map; spot

2

interval; break; pause; spare moment

1

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

1

straight line

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

1

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

1

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

1

encroachment; erosion; corrosion

1

imprisonment; captive

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hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

2

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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(deeply held) resentment

2

straight line

1

to watch over; to watch attentively

2

to wrap up

1

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

1

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

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to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

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