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posing a question; question

3

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)

1

jeans; denim; jean

1

waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

mock exam; practice exam; practice test

1

removing scum (from a broth, etc.); skimming off scum

1

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

1

marking one's own test

1

person attending a lecture; student (taking a class, course, etc.); participant

1

taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course

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superiority complex; sense of superiority

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to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

2

hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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failure is the mother of success

1

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

3

stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)

2

ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

1

toe

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fabrication; pipe dream

2

to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with

2

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

6

leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

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dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

private car; private automobile

1

whistle

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red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)

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rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

5

going the wrong way; traveling in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running in reverse (of a motor, engine, etc.)

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barricade

2

(how) many times; (how) often

1

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

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tone; beep

1

reply; response; -less; sexless (relationship); loess

3

spittoon

1

goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

2

(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency

1

extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious

1

gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg

2

to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)

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to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable; to be convinced; to understand

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

2

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

3

former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend

1

to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

3

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

3

not care; not caring

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