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trusting too much; overestimating ability

2

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup

1

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

2

after that (a substantive change occurred)

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

2

notebook; memorandum; commonplace book

1

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of

2

idleness; inactivity

1

end goal; final target

1

mechanism

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

2

to differ; to vary; to disagree

1

interior of the body

4

mass

1

verification; inspection

7

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

2

description; account

2

to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up

1

reason; cause; circumstances

1

spacious; vast; wide

2

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

2

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

1

to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

1

with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly

1

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

is not; am not; are not

1

mighty; powerful

5

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

to dilute; to water down

1

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

1

to be opposite; to face each other

1

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

3

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

2

to shed light; to cast light

3

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

1

to narrow (e.g. eyes)

1

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

1

accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

2

speed

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borderline; boundary

1