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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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long talk; long-winded speech

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disappointment; despair

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fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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dream; vision; reverie

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

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to break the silence; to break one's silence

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unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

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too much; excessive; too

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if it's the case

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had better do so

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excessive; too much; unreasonable

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high fever; pyro-

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bringing; taking; carrying

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competition; rivalry; something worth doing

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patient's condition; pathology

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recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

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to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

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reservation; putting on hold; deferment

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dismissal; sacking; discharge

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to make sense

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consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

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Portsmouth (Britain)

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line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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being lost in deep thought

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passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

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overhead wires; elevated railway

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prospect; view; outlook

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train window; car window

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shabby; seedy

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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slate

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roof

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here and there; in places

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to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

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islands

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public (institution)

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

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hundreds

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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shell (e.g. of a pea); pod; hull

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wisdom; intelligence; intellect

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superior; better

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to take into consideration; to bear in mind

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