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to turn completely into; to become completely

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official title

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desperate

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to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall

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to knock down; to knock off

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really; truly

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pole; poll

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the ... in question

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novelist; fiction writer

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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moment; instant

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quick-wittedness; tact

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speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

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vague recollection; faint memory

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story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

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to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

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to come to mind; to pop into one's head

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hence; for that reason

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typewriter

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blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

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feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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to blush; to redden

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

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Sheldon

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to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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as always; as usual

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amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

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fascinate; bewitch; enchant

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foolish; stupid

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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fool; blockhead

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

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trial and error

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one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

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crawling along

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escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

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limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

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to take a breath; to take a short rest

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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