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preparations for returning (home)

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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to be common

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sad; melancholy

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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bench

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

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to weep one's eyes out

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to learn by hearsay

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

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report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

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infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.

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guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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optimist; easy-going person

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matter causing distress; something causing worry

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feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

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in public; in company

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unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

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to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

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close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

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to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

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self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation

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limits; end; bounds

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rebirth; reincarnation

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(as alike as) two peas in a pod

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toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often

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to follow around

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pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

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infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close

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connection; link; relationship

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knowing only too well; being fully aware of

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reliance; dependence

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to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

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herself; she herself

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to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly

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to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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incoherent; vague; silly; foolish

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query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

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oneself; myself

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

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to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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all day long; all the day; throughout the day

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