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dry riverbed; river beach

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edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

2

article; news story; report; account

4

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

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to avoid being seen; to be clandestine

1

gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

1

person in line (for ...); person expected to ...

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

content-free chat; idle gossip

1

don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

1

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

2

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

2

to be deep in talk

1

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

2

welcome party for new students

1

strong; intense; severe

1

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

1

to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with

1

who; what kind of person

1

honor; honour; credit; prestige

1

to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on

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to crack (person's voice); to squeak

1

making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

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to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

rehearsal

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

1

jealousy; envy

1

to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

1

title

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

jokingly; in the form of a joke

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation

1

direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)

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by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances

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