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emergency staircase; emergency stairs

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even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

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exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

4

rush; flood; deluge

1

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

1

drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

1

disaster drill

2

broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

1

science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)

2

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

conflagration; fire

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

3

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

3

to fade; to become dim

1

first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

3

continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

1

precisely because

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surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

2

windward; upwind

1

smoke; fumes

4

burned down; entirely destroyed

1

to burn; to get fired up

2

fire; flame; blaze

3

(of fire) to spread; to extend itself

3

matter of time; question of time

1

opposite side; opposition

2

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

2

to flare up; to burst into flames

4

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

fire engine; fire truck

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating

1

to be sooty; to be stained

1

red brick

1

narrow; cramped; small-sized

1

right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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right beside; close to; nearby

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to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

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love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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light; easy; non-serious; minor

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