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getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

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iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

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situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink

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may (it) be so; please let (it) happen

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eyeballs

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rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion

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harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

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to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together

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teammate

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cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

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to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

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light year

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shyness

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Golden Age

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to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

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majority decision; majority vote; majority rule

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backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position

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attempted assassination

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survivor

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last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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mere; only a ...

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slow to act; slow in starting work

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writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

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feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction

1

complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

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to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

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limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)

3

provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling

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to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

1

riding together; riding with

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short and stout; small but wide around

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(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

2

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

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beginning (of a century, etc.)

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car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

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transportation network; transport network; traffic network

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connection; link (on a web page)

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someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)

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engine

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museum

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art gallery; art museum

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roadway

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to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

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