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ageing; aging; senile deterioration

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to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

4

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

to fall from heaven (the sky)

1

spider's thread; spider silk

1

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

2

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

1

judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

1

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

2

preface; introduction; preamble

2

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

1

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

1

common (of objects, abstract things); usual

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

3

constrained; uncomfortable; awkward

1

hesitation; indecision

1

to contract (a disease); to suffer from

3

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

2

to examine (medically)

2

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

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mother

4

homecoming; returning home

1

once a year

1

to contract a disease

1

to fail; to screw up; to stuff up

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

difference; disparity; gap

4

to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

1

stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

1

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

2

irrational (line of) argument

1

to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect

1

debriefing (session)

7

change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

2

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

reference; consultation

3

user; consumer; employer

2

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

2

precision; accuracy

1

sorcerer; wizard; mage

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