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hot topic; talk of the town

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

1

profitable; lucrative

1

bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

1

electric current

1

to be a problem

1

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

2

article; news story; report; account

2

to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided

1

scoop

8

reporter; journalist

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

3

for dear life; barely escaping alive

2

listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine

5

what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

3

diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger

2

reaction; response; reaction

2

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

grain; cereal; corn

2

leave it (to me)

2

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

4

knowing

1

to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly

8

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

6

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

3

superstition; superstitious belief

6

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

6

donkey; ass

58

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

2

difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.

2

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply

1

to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out

1

rain

1

(husked grains of) rice

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

1

excuse; pretext

1

one's way; one's path

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

3

departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

2

valuable article; valuables

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

4

clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone

1

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

5

east side; east bank

3

fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)

2

lakeside

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