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Venus (Roman goddess); Venus (planet)

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

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rest; break; recess; intermission

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to win and advance to the next round

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team

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one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

2

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

generous; unstinting

1

end; close; termination

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

everyone

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to be

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on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

1

general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)

1

slow; lagging; tardy

1

to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam

1

(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

1

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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invisibly; secretly; privately

2

soft light

2

to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage

1

sea; ocean; waters

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candle

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both sides

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lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp

1

tree; trees and shrubs

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to suspend from; to be suspended (from)

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light-emitting diode; LED

1

decorative lights; illumination

1

shaking; swaying

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Christmas tree

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

1

klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

1

blunt weapon

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

1

smoke; fumes

2

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

1

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

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wax

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

1

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

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to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

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to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

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container (e.g. shipping); skip

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