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downtown

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to disappear; to vanish

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night sky

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shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

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calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

with a start; with a jump

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

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trembling with fear

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friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

1

pace

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slow; lagging; tardy

1

fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

1

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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to entertain; to make welcome

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being adopted into the family of one's bride

1

sometimes; often

1

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

1

teary eyes

3

to leave behind

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to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

1

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

1

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

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to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

1

fierce attack

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Killearn

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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kiss

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long-awaited; much-awaited

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opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

3

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

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