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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

3

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2

material; ingredient

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carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

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passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)

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frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous

1

sharp tongue; eloquence

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

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evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

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to fall asleep

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barley tea

5

roasting (e.g. of coffee)

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keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

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life span

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degenerate; decadent; corrupt

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though; much as

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this world; this life; world of the living

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fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

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to lose sight of; to miss

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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philosophy of life

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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in this way; along these lines; similarly

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baby; infant

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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of all things (days, etc.)

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contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

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effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

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(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

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as it is; frankly

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children

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to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

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to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

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boyfriend; he; him

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fiance; fiancee

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going on about oneself; talking about oneself

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insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

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catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

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to leave a bad impression behind

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(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

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same meaning; synonymy

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diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

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