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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

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prime of one's working life

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noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

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(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

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learning; study

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four years

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drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

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draft; rough copy

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fair copy; clean copy

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

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bent back; hunchback; stoop

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deep-sea fish

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bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

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one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

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spine (of a book)

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

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to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

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both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting

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nude photo

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

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zoo; zoological gardens

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obscene; indecent; dirty; improper

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crime

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loud; sonorous; ringing

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which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

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hardcover; hardback

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to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

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neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)

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to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

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page; nth page; page ...

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octopus; fool; idiot

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these

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ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

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lower left

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband

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tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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top part of the head; crown; parietal region

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isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

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

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(another's) child; child; kid

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(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

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to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

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