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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

to stand stock still

1

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

1

to stop walking; to pause

4

some people; a few people; several people

1

to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk

1

newspaper

2

to tower over the surroundings

1

pale; pallid

1

recovery; undoing; recall

2

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

2

to keep walking

1

to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask

1

two weeks; fortnight

2

death sentence

1

personal computer; PC

1

news website; news site

1

latest news; most recent news

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

every time; each round

2

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

2

the other day; a few days ago

2

January; first month of the lunar calendar

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)

1

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

2

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

6

first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)

1

sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

2

please be careful; please take care

1

about; concerning; related to; -ish

2

to show up; to appear; to turn up

2

few days

1

touch; contact

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

to call out; to ask someone to come

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

1

ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

3

busy; hurried; confused; flurried

1

graduate; alumnus

8

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

1

cheer; shout of joy

1

some days; several days

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

black tea

1

play; drama

1

arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

2