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life span

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One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

1

hunger; starvation

2

eternity; perpetuity

3

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

18

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

7

crazy talk

4

prank; practical joke

8

avenger; revenger

4

scarlet; red

3

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

5

moth

3

broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

5

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

22

to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite

3

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

60

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

8

machine parts; machinery; equipment

9

to carry in; to bring in

1

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

3

cellar; basement

2

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

1

radio

13

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

46

to frown; to scowl

9

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

12

systematic; organized; organizational

1

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

2

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

6

noise

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

3

speaker

16

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

28

enumeration; citation; listing

6

those (near the second person)

37

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

10

settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness

2

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

14

first-class; first-rate

1

government; administration; statesmanship

1

private; personal

1

property; fortune; assets

7

therefore; consequently

16

today; this day

11

direct control

12

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

20

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

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