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to divert; to distract

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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ordering (materials); placing an order; order

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to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

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somehow or other

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to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

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resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)

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report; notification; registration

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presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

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from there; thence

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degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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reemployment

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

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network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

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coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

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introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble

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retirement; resignation

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to find useful; to think highly of

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place where one works; construction site; working area

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one's post; place of work; workplace

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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moment; instant

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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

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having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

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to cross one's mind; to be reminded

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to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

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at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

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campus life; student life; life as a university student

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far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

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week

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professor; teaching; instruction

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to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

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continuation; succession; series

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beginning; start

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challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

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half a lifetime

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special mention

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

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