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wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

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including (all of); -wide (e.g. company-wide); with (everyone); (concerning) the entirety of; all of

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investment; contribution; financing

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possessed of a strong sense of duty

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to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)

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two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)

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off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

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small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

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in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to incur someone's enmity

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to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

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to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

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leader of a group

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to sign a contract

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jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of

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currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker

1

to feel a chill run down one's spine

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this world; this life; this generation; present day

1

mental age

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to grow old; to age

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

3

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

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(not) a single person; (no) one

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panic

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prank; practical joke

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to amuse oneself; to make merry

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to indicate; to show; to point to

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five (long cylindrical things)

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to distract

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spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

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impatience

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assuming that ...; supposing that ...

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today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon

2

point in question (at issue)

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interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

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whether or not

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proper; respectable; decent; honest

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disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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memory-making; making memories

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herself; she herself

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out of the question; unthinkable; impossible

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