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one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously

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to have meaning; to be meaningful

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to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

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easy; plain; simple

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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successor

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to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

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trend; tendency; movement; attitude

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

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many years

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company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

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because of this

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dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

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as if to say; as much as to say; as though

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to revise (amend) the law

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person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice

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government; administration

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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(please) look; see; (please) try to do

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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project

2

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

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expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

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to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

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investment

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to bear fruit

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emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

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division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot

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marketable securities; stocks and bonds

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going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape

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pure; clean; untouched; innocent

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green tract of land; green space

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avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

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speculator; venturer

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bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

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cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

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grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

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counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

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shop; store

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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building lot; residential land

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high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood

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power plant; power station

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progress; advance; improvement; development

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idealist

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thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

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ideal

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proper; respectable; decent; honest

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deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour

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one's share; one's portion

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