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to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)

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stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)

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yearly payment; annual payment; paying in yearly instalments

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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what's what; heads or tails

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lifework; life's work

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natural history

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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collector

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several years standing; over several years

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intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

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our country; our land; one's own country

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during a stay

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

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light and darkness; light and shade

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both extremes

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aspect; phase; condition; modality

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title; caption; heading

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to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

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long; (for a) long time

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last year

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

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donation; presentation; gift

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

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curved surface

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human figure; human form

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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to tower over the surroundings

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nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

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amber; yellowish-brown

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mother and child

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pushy; pushing; self-assertive

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to feel as though ...

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

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recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival

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intellectual

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where one has gone to; place one has gone to; (outing) destination

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preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead

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near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

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junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

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contemporary art

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founder; organizer; organiser

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founder

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upstart; parvenu

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affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

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common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa); hill myna; myna bird

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another day; some other day

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on bad terms; at loggerheads

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