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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

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civil service examination

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incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

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to correct oneself; to restate

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

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deadlock; stalemate

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first-aid; emergency (aid)

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round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

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evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

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reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

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very; greatly; exceedingly

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice

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to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

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near; close; beside; third person

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end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

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quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

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to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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user; customer

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taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

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high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

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upper floor (of a building)

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lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

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to answer the phone

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urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

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going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

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gallant; dashing; jaunty

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start of work; commencement; opening

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quarrel; dispute

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exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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to exchange; to interchange

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to hold up in one's arms

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attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

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margin

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to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

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archery; mapping; map; morphism

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to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

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staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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slight intoxication

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reproachful; hateful; bitter

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unreserved

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