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borrowing

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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pocket

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half-eaten

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Spam (trademarked luncheon meat, made mostly from ham); spam (unsolicited email messages)

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you (plural)

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part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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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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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

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plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap

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that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

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originally; by nature; from the start

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canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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shape; form

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immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

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fainting; swooning

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gang rape

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older brother; elder brother

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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scene; spectacle; sight; view

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intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

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novel; (short) story

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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scene; sight; scenario; setting

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page

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to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

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before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat

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to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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to scoop up; to dip up

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next day

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there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

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to bring someone along

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mankind; humanity

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to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

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mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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to answer; to reply

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in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

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