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to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

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connection; link; relationship

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hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

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butterfly

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another thing; exception; special case

2

complete metamorphosis; holometabolism

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incomplete metamorphosis; hemimetabolism

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to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

2

surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

2

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

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chrysalis; pupa

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period; term; interval

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imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

2

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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not limited to; not just ...

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interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

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to continue to do; to persist in doing

4

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

3

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

2

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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enumeration; citation; listing

2

Insecta; the insects

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treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)

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steep mountain; craggy mountain

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to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit

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in swarms; in great crowds

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

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inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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from here; from this place

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talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque

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to unfold; to unroll; to open

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to possess; to haunt

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beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

4

mollusc; mollusk

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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octopus

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Hydra; hydra

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pregnancy; conception; gestation

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dinosaur

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fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization

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interior of the body

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prognostic symptoms; after-effect

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future (usually near); prospects

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to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family

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to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

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