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to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

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waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

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agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

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Izzard

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

1

making secret; not revealing; hiding (something)

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government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official

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fastest

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writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

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no sleep or rest; working day and night

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to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

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3rd day of the month; three days

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one month

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to need; to call for; to require

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escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

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to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

3

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

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scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

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whole surface; entire

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to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

shorthand; stenography

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art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

3

in that manner; like that

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tossing

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report; information

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

6

perfect; complete; flawless

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oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

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short time

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smoothly; easily; readily

2

chattering; prattling; gooey; messy (from mud, ink, etc.); slushy (e.g. snow)

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order; turn

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

4

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

2

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

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writing; authoring

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to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

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posterity; future generations; future life

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to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

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to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

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result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit

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to become pale; to turn pale

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to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

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imperative sentence; imperative statement

2

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

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to be found

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vermilion ink stick; cinnabar ink stick

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