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smooth

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Earth; the globe

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emergency staircase; emergency stairs

2

dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

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cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)

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blue sky

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to cause someone to worry

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

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without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

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to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

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to chase away; to drive away; to drive out

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half-dried

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deep emotion; strong feelings

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to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

crowd; throng

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extensive knowledge; erudition

1

judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification

1

trivial; slight

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

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to check through; to thoroughly investigate

1

(very) patient; persevering

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they; those guys

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in one's own way or style

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to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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to build up a hypothesis

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desperate

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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natural; reasonable; understandable

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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pedestrian crossing; crosswalk

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right under; directly below

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to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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scratch; scratch mark

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

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if so; in that case

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to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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morning; a.m.

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ten o'clock

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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place of destination

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polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth

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