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(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

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to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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offering a full report to a superior

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Christmas Eve

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emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

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remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard

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young; youthful

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plural; multiple; plural (number)

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simulation

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choice; selection; option

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control system

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to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

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sunshine; sunlight

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to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

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to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

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cloudy sky; overcast sky

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to ride upon the winds

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce

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to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

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snow; snowfall

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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winter

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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introductory article; advertisement

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it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

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southern country; southern provinces; southern lands

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drying; dried

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thatching; thatch; thatched roof

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to run away; to run off

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snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape

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sigh; long breath

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to continue to rain or snow

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to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess

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light brown

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in succession; one by one

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temple (on side of head)

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two weeks; fortnight

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

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embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

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to look forward to

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spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

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if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

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day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

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what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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the big three ...

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