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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

4

misogyny; discrimination against women; sexism

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1

premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

1

sense of values; values; value system

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

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

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)

1

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

2

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

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in that way; thus; so; the same; so?

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not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

1

universe; cosmos; space

3

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

3

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

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science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science

1

technology

1

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

1

terrestrial planet; telluric planet; rocky planet

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

1

to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

7

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

3

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)

2

this much; this amount

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

27

good morning

1

hello; good day; good afternoon

1

obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity

3

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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being bad at communication; being unsociable

2

opening fully; full throttle; full power

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

7

chatting; idle talk

1

to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

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