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wasteful spending; lavish spending; dissipation

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title; caption; heading

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remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

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to distract one's attention

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classification; categorization; sorting

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invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable

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setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

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sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

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to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night

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childishness; naivete

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pure; purity

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complicated and mysterious

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vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor

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fade-out; dissolve

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one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns

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early-morning and late-night visits (e.g. by reporters); early-morning and late-night attacks

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nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish

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certain evidence; definite evidence

2

to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)

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stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person

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adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant

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counselor; counsellor

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right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday

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(a place) within one's reach

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desire to protect

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to toss away; to throw out

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ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

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rondo

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script; screenplay; scenario

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phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance

3

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

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flower bed

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hairdressing

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a reading room

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conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic

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to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine

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acquaintance; friend; familiar face

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principal of a cram school

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attractive face and figure

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thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish

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to look young; to seem young

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to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of

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Daedalus

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throughout; all through; right through

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long blade

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van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront

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academic; scholarly; scientific

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centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

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