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sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat

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clergyman; churchman; clergy

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policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

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mealtime

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to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

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waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)

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to sit on a seat

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to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way

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large order; bulk order

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Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

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absence; disregard; indifference

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ghost story; tale of the supernatural

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assistant; adjunct; lieutenant

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searching for the enemy

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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to grimace; to frown

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to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

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as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling

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right of veto

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shout of abuse; jeers; boos

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to pour on

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ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

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a quarrel; argument

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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to split; to be split; to become sunken (e.g. of cheeks); to become hollowed; to weaken (e.g. of motivation, interest, etc.); to decrease

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to grapple; to wrestle

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)

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to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

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the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

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opening session; anteroom

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Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

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opening fully; full throttle; full power

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small number; few; minority

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to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

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at first; initially; in the beginning

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eleven; 11; jack

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optimistic; hopeful

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right about-face

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(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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original form; base form

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leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage

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