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coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived

1

efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy

4

bluff

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tomboy

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to lose one's way; to get lost

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

3

to ask a question; to ask questions

2

opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

3

outline; summary; argument

1

to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

1

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

3

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

step by step; by degrees

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

heartening; reassuring

4

winter sky

1

general store

3

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

2

cellar; basement

3

clanging; empty; deserted

4

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

11

cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)

1

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

1

Mary Celeste (famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers); archetypal ghost ship; unmanned ship

1

ocean

1

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

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crew

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natural calamity; disaster

1

earthquake

4

infinite loop; closed loop

1

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

1

plumber

1

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

1

And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers

1

have a pain in one's chest

1

two groups; two bands

3

exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)

2

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

1

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

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