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preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

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to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle

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painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

2

number; amount

2

one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

3

a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours

6

forced; compulsory

2

hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam

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to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

2

clink; clatter; clang

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camera

3

lens

4

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

3

with a blip; with a beep

2

electronic sound

2

ray (of light); beam; light

3

laser

1

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

2

entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality

1

buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing

1

dozens; scores of; decades

1

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

hasty; impatient; restless; rash

1

exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though

2

pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

silhouette

2

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

plan; blueprint

1

object; body; solid

3

depiction; description; portrayal

1

cavity; hollow; cave; hollow

2

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

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unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

2

numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters

3

entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out

1

drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint

2

to check; to compare

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

furthermore; even more

2

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing

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enumeration; citation; listing

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

3

good humour (humor); good mood

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splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

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