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to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

3

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

2

compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit

1

for a change; for variety's sake

1

entertainer

1

raw food; perishables

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ad lib; ad-lib

1

bad news; news of a death; death notice

3

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

5

set of three; three sets; three classes

1

incompletion; incomplete; unfinished

2

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

5

to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle

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general; conceptual

1

sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

2

abusive language; foul language

1

ancient Shinto music and dancing

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to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

5

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

2

unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices

1

quiz show

1

is never the case; has never happened

1

abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

2

to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)

1

to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

3

theorem; proposition

1

typewriter

6

to hit repeatedly

1

hamlet

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efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)

2

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)

1

coin toss; coin flipping; toss of a coin

2

keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

5

winning a war; victory

1

to know (a person); to think

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to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed; blind imitation

1

commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work

1

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

1

performance of one's official duties

2

wedding dress

1

reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party

9

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

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predation; eating prey; preying upon

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document (of proof); certificate; paper; bond; deed

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opera

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visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.

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