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astronomical observatory

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staff member; employee; worker; personnel

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this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

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travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

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to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

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to begin to speak

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

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flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat

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husky; huskie

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languid; listless

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way of talking; speaking style

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underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

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bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)

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yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

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to accuse someone; to charge someone

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(wearing only) a pair of underpants

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fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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

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just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of

4

to change (one's clothes)

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

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a lot; a great deal; plentifully; properly; sufficiently; fully

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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rather; better; instead; if anything

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

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spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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guest house; private home providing lodging for travelers; bed and breakfast; pension

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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fitting (e.g. door, window); fit

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

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then; and (then); in that case; if so

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)

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transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

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