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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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minnow; shinner

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prefix

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techniques (of expression)

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up

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attic; garret; loft

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creole (language); Creole (person of mixed ancestry, esp. in the Caribbean)

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Baza (Spain); Vaasa (Finland)

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Mason

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John Gardner

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Anglo-Saxon

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human; human-like; as a person

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minor role; small part

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Milan Kundera

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Michael Cunningham

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to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

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Los Angeles

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housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

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the end (of); powder

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unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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helical; spiral-shaped

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slope

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Guggenheim

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)

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usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

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baroness

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entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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light; right; right field; right fielder

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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waterpower; running water; falling overboard

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agitator

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis

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monument

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district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

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tower

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modern architecture; modernist architecture

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organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion

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chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)

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seashell; shell

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ziggurat (stepped Mesopotamian tower)

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Mesopotamian civilization (civilisation)

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spiral; helix; screw

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in the building

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atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty

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concrete

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