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ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

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ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

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with all one's strength; with all one's might

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to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

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cinchona

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electrode

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massage

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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young; youth; young person

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ridiculously good reception; being extremely well-received

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Rodrigues; Rodriguez

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past tense

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pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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usurpation; taking back; dispossession

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authenticity; credibility

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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trespassing; intrusion

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police; police officer; police station

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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that kind; competition; match

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to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

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creation; Creation (by God)

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to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

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to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

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manufacture; production

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wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

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measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

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landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

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to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

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to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

2

pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)

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but; however; even though; even if

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greeting; a fine thing to say

4

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head

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suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

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to look around; to take a view of

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to begin to

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to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

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(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place

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sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering

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pleasant; charming

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down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with

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(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

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to jump up; to spring up

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

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

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sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

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