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to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

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to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

3

off duty

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businessman; industrialist

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mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly

2

clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action

1

interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design

1

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

3

explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid

2

existing; living; extant

1

republication; reissue; reprinting; reproduction

4

nostalgia for the good old days; taste for the past; retro tastes

1

(article of) folk craft

3

former years; formerly; a few years ago

1

industrial arts; craft

1

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

1

mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

1

operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

4

faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...

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dilettante; person of fantastic taste

1

queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

1

making into a product

1

bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)

4

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

2

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

2

long way; great distance

3

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

3

(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction

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racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious

1

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

2

supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

1

true intention; underlying motive

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to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

1

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

1

way; route

2

chance meeting

1

official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)

2

Mikhail; Michael

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steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

1

principal residence

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artist

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chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant

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breed of dog

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to give mouth; to bark

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unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

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Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

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trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick

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