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to talk nonsense

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half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

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next issue

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conclusion; completion

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clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

4

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

1

to burn up

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the same opinion

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a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours

1

sitting; feast; speech

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wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)

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to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

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right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead

2

mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship

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to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

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to be smeared; to be covered

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marble

3

clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)

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dial (of a meter, watch, etc.); face (of a clock); keyboard (on a typewriter, etc.); letter board (communication aid for people unable to speak); communication board

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needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

1

white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes

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dim; gloomy

2

extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off

1

axe; ax; hatchet

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one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing

3

to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform

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lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

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deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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to leave food half-eaten

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cookie; biscuit

1

break; pause; interruption; intermission

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revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth

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cupboard; sideboard

2

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind

1

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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ghost story

2

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

2

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

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evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances

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dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing

2

order; command; directions; instructions

2

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

2

in the end; at the end of the day

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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to move around; to move about; to get around

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to close; to shut

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