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to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

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deodorant

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dispersing; breaking up; running away

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weird; disgusting; sickening

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every year; yearly; annually

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decision-making body

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holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

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to drag on; to be delayed

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notice; announcement

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

6

eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

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barge

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diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted

2

freighter (vessel); cargo ship

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base; bottom

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to make; to manufacture

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Sylvie

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labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

2

beginner

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to ask a high price; to overcharge

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practice; practising; experience

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the latter

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being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed

2

whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)

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successfully; with success

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smithing; blacksmith

3

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

2

to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover

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inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated

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warhorse; army horse

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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going around; patrol; round; tour

3

putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)

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very; much; greatly; a lot of

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semi-darkness; dim light; poor light; dusk; twilight

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

2

drawing one's sword

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at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

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chatter; idle talk

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poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful

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to shoot or fire off an arrow

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house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

5

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

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to burn out

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one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

2

burned down; entirely destroyed

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to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against

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

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rest; break; recess; intermission

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to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in

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