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funny story; funny anecdote

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very bottom; rock bottom

1

big shot; higher-ups

3

infectivity; infectious capacity; transmissibility

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fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

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epidemic

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antibody

2

freedom; free man; free woman

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to survive

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as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

2

how; in what way; I wonder

3

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

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disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

1

seventeen; 17

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to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

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seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

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deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism

3

to get hold of money

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smooth sailing

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

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to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

2

eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

2

health; healthy; sound; fit

3

convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure

1

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

2

to sell off; to sell completely

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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to use one's head

2

this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

2

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

1

having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

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cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

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inner heart

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guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

3

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

5

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

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following a single pattern; conforming to the same pattern; one-track; single-track; repetitive; predictable

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to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

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careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

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semipermanent

3

to give a reason

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

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to doubt one's own eyes

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to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)

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piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)

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false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

3

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

3

enough about ...

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