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top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

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previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop

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turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version

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matter of time; question of time

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat

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easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

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public name; announcing publicly; nominal

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

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don't you think?; indicates question

5

odds and ends; all; every

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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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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

4

to get irritated

2

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

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to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

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to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

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charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

2

number one; first; best; most; game; round

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web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage

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popularity contest

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to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

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fourth court rank

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(not) one

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furthermore; even more

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group (usu. of people)

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bullying; teasing

2

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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(relating to) gender; sex; sexual

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the ways of the world; human nature

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to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

5

a few words

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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finishing blow; coup de grâce

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vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

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how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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to increase; to grow

2

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

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to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

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to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

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not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

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