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Santa Claus

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infancy; childish; infantile; immature

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mental age

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

9

childhood

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

oneself; myself

2

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

1

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

1

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

1

cough; ahem

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gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation

1

our country; our land; one's own country

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capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

2

to occur one after another; to happen in succession

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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as; because; with; due to

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

2

ratification

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how long; how much; to what extent

3

proportion

2

increase and decrease; fluctuation

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

2

feeble

1

not limited to; not just ...

1

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

3

frequent; incessant

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

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200; two hundred

3

news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

1

to look towards

2

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

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to say no more; to sink into silence

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timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

to cast a shadow

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to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

4

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

1

animal

3

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

1

to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with

1

festivals; feasts

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

2

thanks; gratitude

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to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

1

in those days

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golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time

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