strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
gene recombination; genetically modified; GM
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
main question; real issue at hand
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
will; testament; last request
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
pharmaceutical (drug) company
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
is something that; is that which
search for corroborative evidence
third day of the month; three days
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
to concern; to be related
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
report; notification; registration
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
development; exploitation
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