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putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

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helper; assistant; help; assistance

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

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endless; boundless; everlasting

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to keep one's mouth shut; to clam up; to be silent; to say nothing

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(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

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how; in what way; I wonder

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to point upward; to look upward; to improve

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night sky

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from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

3

evening dew; night dew

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plants; vegetation

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dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy

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even if not; even without

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hence; for that reason

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crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

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maid

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

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legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)

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to be born; to come into the world

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

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employee; servant

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at the window; by the window; next to the window

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

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chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

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starry sky

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to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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periodic; cyclic; cyclical

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flower bed

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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gardener

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cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

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(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)

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to transplant (a plant); to replant; to reset (type)

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cycle; period

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daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day

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to mark the end; to spell the end

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

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ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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heir; inheritor; successor

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heir; inheritor; successor

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degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)

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fatal; lethal

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