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to anesthetize; to anesthetise; to anaesthetize; to anaesthetise

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middle of the night; dead of night

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

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rule; reign; government; governing

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leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

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to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner

3

soviet; Soviet Union

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Korney Chukovsky

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wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable

4

characteristic; feature; special quality

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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optimism

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air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

4

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

such

1

grief; lamentation

1

armory; armoury

1

(raw) material

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to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

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toward the end

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inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

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just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

2

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

if; in case; supposing

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mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

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Chukovskii

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to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

1

-less; lacking; non-existing

5

that's right; yes; uh-huh

1

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)

1

dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop

3

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

4

then; well then; if so

2

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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existence; possession; having; limited company

3

mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus

3

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

2

troublesome; pain in the butt

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the present year; at that time

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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