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seeing; looking at

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to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

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way of speaking; intimation

6

knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance

1

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

1

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

2

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

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rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine

2

to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge

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watchful waiting; careful supervision

2

meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)

2

to draw the line; to set a boundary; to make a clear distinction

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(your) judgment; discernment

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business

4

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

1

scalper; ticket tout

4

speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

1

to buy up

1

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

1

lazy son; profligate son

1

unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank

1

serious crime; felony

2

brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

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to answer a question

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production

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enchantingly beautiful flower; bewitching beauty

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extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

4

printing

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machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

30th day of the month; 30 days

2

eighteen; 18

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curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

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fifteen; 15

3

paper money; note; bill

4

bank; banking institution

4

extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed

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prevention; check

3

to be landed (of a fish); to be reeled in; to be caught

1

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

1

design; sketch

2

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

watching while standing (e.g. a play)

1

unreserved seat; non-reserved seat

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to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit

1

departure; leaving; going away; recession

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waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

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to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)

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