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Winter Triangle (asterism)

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south

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Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star

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to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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romanticist; romantic; dreamer

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sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

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(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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silence; stillness; quietness

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to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

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shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

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truth; reality

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noon; midday

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to go to meet somebody

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this evening; tonight

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hotel

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to do

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to yell; to rant; to rave

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

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pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

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disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

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to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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here and there; in places

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furious facial expression

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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long time; many years

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

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withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

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single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

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to put someone to trouble

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to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

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to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

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relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

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boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

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to be excited; to be elated

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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correction; revision; amendment

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vermilion; scarlet

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to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

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transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

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exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

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to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

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