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treating someone like a child

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to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)

4

material; materials; data; information; documents

8

several months

3

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

2

to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into

1

unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point

2

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

7

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

5

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

4

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

3

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

2

valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

1

death; dying; mortality

1

downstream

1

just one person; only one

2

(verbal) tit for tat

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

2

break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with

1

several days later

1

to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)

1

cause of death

3

falling to one's death; death from a fall

1

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

3

what to do

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to claim victims; to leave casualties

2

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

4

agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation

4

private car; personal car

1

grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning

1

inauguration; installation ceremony

7

natural growth; wild growth

1

high mountain; alpine mountain

2

picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction

2

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

2

to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off

1

(the thing) itself

2

curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

2

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

2

that day; the very same day

3

to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable

1

old man; old goat

4

changing assignments

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culmination; southing; crossing the meridian

1

life

1

outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour

2

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

2