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important points; main points

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Donnelly

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motivation

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first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order

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selection; screening

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acceptee; accepted candidate; person who has passed (e.g. a test); passer-by; transiter

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to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

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to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

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passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

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filter (esp. camera)

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one's home country; one's homeland

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typewriter

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

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to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

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for personal use

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writing (e.g. as a profession)

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to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

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paperwork

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to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

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insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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degree of relative priority

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to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

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league

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dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

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to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

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round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations

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transfer; assignment; conveyance

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path; route; itinerary

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national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level

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professional league (sport)

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entertainment

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professional team (usu. in sport); pro team

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home-and-away

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clubhouse

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sponsor

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farewell gift

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piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

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unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

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full operation

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indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable

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physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

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starting up (e.g. business, computer)

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to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

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no comment

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to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal

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not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

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private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

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alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

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behaviour; behavior

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