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to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

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to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

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silence; stillness; quietness

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concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

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simple; plain; modest

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heavily; profoundly

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closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline

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texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

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on the other hand

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fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet

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balance

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to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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golden ratio (approx. 1.6180339887)

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lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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muscle

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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

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as you see; as you can see

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herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous

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fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome

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physical condition; state of health

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to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent

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uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

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tiredness; fatigue

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sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

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to fall asleep

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to awake from one's sleep

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to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

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dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

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to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

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depression

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to contract a disease

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anything and everything; just about everything

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

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to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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

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waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time

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how long; how far; how much

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to bring someone along

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grinning; smirking

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call; appeal

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

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time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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