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Des Moines

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Iowa (state)

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formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)

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speech

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one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns

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prayer; supplication

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missionary

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New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP

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collecting; accumulating; gathering; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.)

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self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

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busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with

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to appear in the newspaper

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personage; person (deserving of respect)

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all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

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police officer; policeman; constable

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siren

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to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

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drop-off area; drive-up entrance; porte cochere

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dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs

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to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

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date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours

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art

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organizer; organiser

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

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orator

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stirred up; inspired; moved to action

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to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

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stage setting

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

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popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked

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the greatest of the day

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speaker; orator

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to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge

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spark

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warship; battleship

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should do; ought to do; must do

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to give an order

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the curtain opens (for the start of a play, act, etc.); the curtain rises; to start (of a play); to start (of an event, campaign, etc.); to begin

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on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

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simultaneously; all at once; in unison

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hooting; jeering; heckling

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unfriendly

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dress circle (of a theatre); (first) balcony; box; stands (seating for spectators)

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obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired

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