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to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing

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notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

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time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

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counter for books; volume

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to accumulate (writings, compositions, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (manuscripts, etc.)

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to cultivate; to foster

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not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails

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precedent

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demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

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disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

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government office; public office

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literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

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

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estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

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to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)

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impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure

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abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

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also called

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successive generations; successive emperors

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hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

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to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

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lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

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fundamental; basic

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negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

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to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

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finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery

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to pull up; to haul up

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slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous

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contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

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gist; main point

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everything; anything; nothing

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practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in

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now; nowadays

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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at times; occasionally

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger

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newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

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to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

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each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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to thank

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without

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large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

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office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

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concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

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six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference

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recent years

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to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

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