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shortest distance (to)

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study; library; den; home office; reading room

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to sit (down)

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library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

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laboratory

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cook-house; galley; kitchen

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

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to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)

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the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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private room

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guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

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no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced

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now; come (now); well

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lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid

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standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

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intimacy; friendship

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

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spirit world; underworld; the next world

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dilemma; predicament

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to support each other; to support one another

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the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

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to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

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to hang one's head; to droop one's head

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rather than (do ...)

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tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin

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to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

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mother

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know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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by the window

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

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to shake off

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to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

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resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants

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(with a) start; fright; alarm

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

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mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

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to flare up; to fly into a rage

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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than; other than; except; but

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pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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the second time

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