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leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

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searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells

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to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt

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slight; light; thin; faint; dim

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self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

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obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

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beaming smile

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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storm; windstorm; gale

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empirically; from experience

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prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity

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in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

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being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

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scope; extent; scope (i.e. an optical device); scope (of a name binding)

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to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

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flabby; limp; soft and pliable

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to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

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to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

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slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely

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dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

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fierce god

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to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer

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both knees

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the next era

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to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

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unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

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suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)

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confetti; ticker tape

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final stage

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife

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dark side (of nature, town, etc.)

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underground organization; underground organisation

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long; (for a) long time

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governor; leader; ruler

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ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

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to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap

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reform; reformation; reorganization

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assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

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one month

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prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

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farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

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to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

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stepladder; steps

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to yell; to shout

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retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

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reshuffling; job rotation

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to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

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indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

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