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short way; shortcut

1

literally; to the letter; literal

2

deeply meaningful; profound; rich (in meaning)

2

moonrise; rise of the Moon

1

gill; zel; zill

1

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

1

script; screenplay; scenario

2

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

2

manuscript; version; draft

1

commerce; trade; business

1

to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds

1

to be found; to be discovered

3

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

5

investor; financier

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

bubble; bubble economy

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

2

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

one summer

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

2

vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic

1

linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

1

short piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; small article; small item

1

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

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left wing

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bold; daring; audacious

1

adaptation

1

minimalism

1

choices; alternatives; options

3

sunlight

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to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

1

matinee

2

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

2

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

to leave one's seat

1

dull; boring

1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

1

unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

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car

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sex scene

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

Robert De Niro

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Al Pacino

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fine performance; tour de force

1

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

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to win the prize; to win the ring

1