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mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better

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achoo!; atishoo!; sneeze

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midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

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to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside

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gentle; affectionate

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to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

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sports-minded; sports-oriented

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three minutes

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running; tank top

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absolute obedience; complete submission

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unenthusiastic

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participants; participating athletes

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to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

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field

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standby; preparation; arrangement

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to come and see (someone, something); to visit

5

in a bad mood

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(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality

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audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium

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good news

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yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)

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to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

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great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor

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denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

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to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other

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to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

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booth

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plain; moor; prairie

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reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

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decision of a contest; finals (in sports)

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vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

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meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something

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tool; implement

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with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new

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to compose; to put together

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(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

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this, that and the other; this and that

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plastic model

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(brand-)new article

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to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

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many children; large family

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boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings

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wrench; spanner

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to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

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(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

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rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

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to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order

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to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

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first-aid kit

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