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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

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to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

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lucky; fortunate

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

1

clock tower

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centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

scale; vernier

1

dozens; scores of; decades

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

1

sightseeing spot; tourist attraction

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tourist attractions

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to be out of breath

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equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

4

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

2

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

frontal attack

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repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

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abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

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to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

to take time

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rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point

1

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

1

magic flute; The Magic Flute (by Mozart)

1

Hameln

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to increase; to add to; to augment

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looking on from afar; being a spectator

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

to taste; to try (food or drink)

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intuitive

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

1

evasion; avoidance

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

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strategy; artifice

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promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

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assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

2

to survive

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to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

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pair; the two; both persons; both things

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sky; air; mid-air

3

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

2

crash into; clash

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in the meanwhile; during the time

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fall; drop; descent; coming down

4

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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