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playing in the sand

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

2

for this reason

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grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand

1

fate; chance

1

to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside

1

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

5

ten o'clock

3

we

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safety device

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

4

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

if; in case; supposing

3

to have a talk; to tell a story

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

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safety; security

3

bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump

2

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

2

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

3

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

2

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

1

quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly

2

dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

3

scrap dealer; junk shop; junkman; electronics dealer

1

to purchase; to buy in

1

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

1

time schedule

1

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

1

peak; peek

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

this and that; this or that; one thing after another

2

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

2

to smash violently; to crush

2

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

4

octopus

2

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

2

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

5

one thin flat object; one sheet

2

to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

3

to bring back

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to be able to manage somehow or another

3

line

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invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

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