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getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

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random; aimless

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meandering; snaking; zigzagging

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skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

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cluster of trees; grove; thicket

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corridor; gallery; platform; passageway

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse

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valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

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moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

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half and half; fifty-fifty

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lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant

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rectangle; oblong

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disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

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maintenance

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base (military, expedition, etc.)

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silent; solemn; quiet

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sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

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to make a pilgrimage

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pilgrim

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generally; in general

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merman; half man-half fish

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different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

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taking shelter from rain

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to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

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to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin

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poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

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vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode

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to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

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edge of the eaves; house frontage

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

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to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

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(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

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uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

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downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

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reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

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ringing; sound

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to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

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right half of the body

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frail; slender; feminine

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to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid

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(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt

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double suicide; lovers' suicide

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knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

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curt; blunt; brusque

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failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

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tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic

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sudden shower; sudden downpour

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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