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to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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to return; to come back

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

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the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

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hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

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such; this sort of; like this

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soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

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to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

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reluctantly; unwillingly

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to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

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(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap

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vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

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(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

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black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

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to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

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sparks

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to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

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stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

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torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

3

completely; fully; entirely

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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preparation; arrangements

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fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

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combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

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apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

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to form groups

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but; however; even though; even if

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cask; barrel

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worthless; pointless; useless

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

2

serious wound; hard blow

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preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

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trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery

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to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

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burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

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enlargement; increase

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to fall into a trap; to play into another's hands

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to lure; to invite out

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righteousness; justice; right

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unnecessary; needless

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to comb down; to smooth down

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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warmth

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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