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it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

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this area; around here

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apologetic

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acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

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absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

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to be common

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one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality

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sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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whispering; murmuring; subdued

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(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired

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beautiful face; good looks; beauty

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

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to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

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condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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Descartes

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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car stereo

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very loud volume; megavolume

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Vanessa Paradis

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self-introduction

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France

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nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag

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man; male; masculine gender

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20 years old

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bionics

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nature; the natural world; realm of nature

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

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artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact

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(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

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study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

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medical biotechnology

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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artificial internal organ

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artificial muscle; synthetic muscle

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ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item

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far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

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excelling; surpassing; outdoing

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affected part; diseased part; wound

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medicine; healing art

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to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

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mankind; humanity

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