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audiovisual room

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making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

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horror

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main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

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facing; opposite; across the street; other side

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catercorner; diagonally opposite

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behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

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mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

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rare; seldom

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classic (work, esp. book); the classics

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foreign country

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literature

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picture book

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omnivorous

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whiteboard

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marker

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genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

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Wednesday

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kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

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to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time

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listener's role

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(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

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bestseller

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love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction

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index finger; forefinger

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to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

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component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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lunch time

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to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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size

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hardcover; hardback

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axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

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bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

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last year

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goat

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watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

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preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

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absolutely; only

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to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view

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intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

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one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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