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to find out; to discover; to locate

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superficial knowledge; smattering; dabbler; dilettante; dipping into

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number of words

1

exposure; disclosure

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dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

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other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial

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to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

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lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

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lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

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red hair; ginger hair

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queen

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rook (chess piece)

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censorship; inspection; examination

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secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening

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declaration of independence

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famous; fame

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like; as if; the same as

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the Creator; Maker

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being endowed with (e.g. a gift); being blessed with; endowment

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the ruled; the governed

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form of government; system of government; polity

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original text

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to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

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whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

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complete translation

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Jefferson

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drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up

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alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation

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Swift

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Dickens

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original work

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slow; lagging; tardy

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practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic

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handbook; manual; compendium

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to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

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to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile

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eye socket; orbit

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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while alive; during one's lifetime

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speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence

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one's later years; final years (in life)

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George Orwell

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sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

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committing (oneself to); commitment; involvement; commit (data management, version control)

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stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)

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to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

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