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distant seas

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lifeboat

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to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

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related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

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to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

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pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull

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incompetent; have no merit

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giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger

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suspicious; doubtful

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kneeling

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to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

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to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

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to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

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to indicate; to show; to point to

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to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

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to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

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once more; again

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some days; several days

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returning from school; going home from school

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sex establishment; brothel

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to do

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to encamp; to take up positions

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to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

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wife

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new record (in sports, etc.)

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achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

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to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

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to squat; to crouch

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to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

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scarce; few remaining

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attendance (at school); going to school

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one's home; one's house

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middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

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announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

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splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

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control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

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gram; gramme

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

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group; mass

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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

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eleven o'clock

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late at night

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business; trade; operations; sales

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dance club

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eight o'clock

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