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sudden braking; slamming on the brakes

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standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

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desperately; recklessly; (rushing) headlong

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to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

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lightning rod

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or something

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to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

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fragment; scrap; piece; shred

1

revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)

1

bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting

1

fat; thick

1

top of the head; crown of the head

1

to aim at

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to smash to pieces

1

newton (unit of force)

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

1

falling object; fallen object

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to cling

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

2

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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raincoat; oilcoat

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hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound

1

facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone

1

lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork

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smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

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period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual

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cannot be helped; unavoidable

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Niagara

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

2

beaver

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dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (arch.) (moving) slowly

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to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)

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to catch a cold

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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ashamed

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to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

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irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately

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to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

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academic; scholarly; scientific

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theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

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transmittance; permeability

1

research; study; investigation

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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professional duties

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pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)

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to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

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