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to (do) like this

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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not just once; more than once; many times; again and again

2

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

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if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

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borrowing

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dream; vision; reverie

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on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding

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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

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to take back; to recapture

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to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

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surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

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life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

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locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

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to check; to stop; to keep back

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darkness

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to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

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wheelie

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lancer

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suit worn by students when job hunting (usu. dark and plain); interview suit

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turbine

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eccentrically dressed band of advertisers

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glove (esp. in sports); mitt

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restarting (a machine, engine, project, etc.); resuming

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to pitch forward; to fall forward

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moving walkway; moving sidewalk; travelator

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motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle

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fan-jet

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internal combustion engine

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to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

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(building) stone

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round hole

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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switch

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industrial

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transforming equipment; transformer; electrical substation

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to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

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burner

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious

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on duty; at work; while working

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to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end

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impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; brazen person; shameless person; impudent person

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necessity; need

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the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small

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(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout

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burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

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