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was

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public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

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play; drama

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after many twists and turns; after much trouble

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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question sheet; question paper

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examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

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notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

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while in class

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to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

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drama; theatre; theater; play

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one's high school days

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prototype; model; pattern; archetypal

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improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up

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amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor

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security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol

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home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)

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electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

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compilation; editing; recording

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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original story; original version; this volume

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme

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bitterness; bitter taste

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

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scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

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thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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well, I must admit ...

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

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nature; disposition

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(something) fickle; (something) very changeable

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to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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ash; ashes

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to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

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to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

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to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

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ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

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so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

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ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework

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