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change; transition; vicissitudes

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rise and fall; ups and downs; waxing and waning; prosperity and decline; vicissitudes

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geologist

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paleontologist

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

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fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

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piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

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to become pregnant

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adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

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being filled with; being full of; permeation

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immeasurable; infinite; inestimable

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innumerable; countless; numberless

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novel; original; new; innovative

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bud; sprout

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having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

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radical; acute; sharp

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construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation

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unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited

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attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

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an impossibility

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to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)

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looking forward (to something); awaiting

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craving; longing; thirsting

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anatomy

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physiology

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(study of) genetics

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inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering

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original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series

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(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

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progress; development

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specialization; specialisation; differentiation

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at least

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mesmerism; hypnotism

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seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)

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art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

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mind reading

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innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

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main street; avenue

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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endorsement (of a cheque, bill, etc.); verification of authenticity (written on the back of a scroll); certificate of authenticity; note written on the back of a scroll; comment; proof

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to be common

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doctoral dissertation; doctoral thesis

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incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league

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high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

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to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

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the present term; the present session

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or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

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first place

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to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

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faculty (of a university); school; college; department

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