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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

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to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

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bedtime

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

4

to speak; to hear a voice

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counter for questions

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all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)

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that's so, isn't it

2

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

2

to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

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to mark a correct answer with a circle

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to triumph; to be elated with success

3

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

5

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

1

something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

1

in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

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turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

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to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

3

written examination

2

forcibly; against one's will

2

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

5

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

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to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite

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exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

1

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

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cluster of trees; grove; thicket

6

results; record; grades; marks

10

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

3

height; elevated place

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

3

justice; fairness; impartiality

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

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romanticist; romantic; dreamer

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

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assertion; declaration; affirmation

2

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

2

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

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special skill

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