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(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin

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hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle

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near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

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experiment; experimentation

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around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

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side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

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mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

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both; both sides; both parties

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palm (of the hand)

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to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate

5

dodgeball

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pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

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baseball

2

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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to start to move; to get going; to come alive

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unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

5

with a splash; with a splosh

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to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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good performance; good work; great success

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moisture; humidity; dampness

2

closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

2

to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe

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short time

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

2

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

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stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill

2

to shake; to waver; to tremble

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one drop (of fluid)

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gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging

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to begin to appear; to begin to come in

2

to gain in quantity

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evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace

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this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

2

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

3

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

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mist; haze

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to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty

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cloud

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intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

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drop (e.g. of water); drip

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to begin to rain; to begin to snow

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to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

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