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maintenance; preservation; improvement

4

one drop (of fluid)

1

creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

(as alike as) two peas in a pod

1

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

1

to begin to bloom; to come out

1

self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)

4

cosy; cozy

2

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

4

low price

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

character of a place; situation; location; occasion

1

text; textbook

1

reference book

1

free (of charge); gratuitous

3

listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine

2

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2

elbow

2

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

2

lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

2

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

2

help wanted advertisements

1

one's private life

1

interference; intervention; meddling

1

to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings

1

communication ability

1

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

2

endurance; perseverance; patience

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command

2

game arcade; video arcade

1

coin; token; slug

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

3

(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)

2

physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

1

to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

2

to move around

1

hourly pay; hourly wage

2

trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

2

Finland

2

enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)

1

experiment

3

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

2

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

2

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

3

depravity; corruption; degradation

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

2