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actual profit; practical use; benefit

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

around the world; throughout the world

3

books

1

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

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

1

rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

6

rather than (do ...)

1

bookshelf

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

4

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

1

to take out; to drag out

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

several volumes (books)

1

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

2

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

2

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound

1

high grade; special grade; classy

4

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

4

way of speaking; intimation

1

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

4

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

10

reading (books)

1

spare time; free time; leisure time

2

understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)

1

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

4

himself; he himself

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

6

tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)

4

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

2

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

10

patience; endurance; perseverance

3

only; merely; but; no more than

7

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture

2

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

2

to want; to desire

2

to take a class

2

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

1

no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity

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