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place to stand

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a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

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to come within sight

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trick art; trompe-l'oeil; trompe l'oeil

5

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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unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

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lively motion; throb

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boundary line

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urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

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color scheme; colour scheme

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to mark with a dot (point)

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to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

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to make sense; to be meaningful

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boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

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pointillist painting

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Georges Seurat

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arrangement; disposition; array (programming)

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mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation

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assembly; aggregation

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light emitter (fiber optics)

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three primary colors (colours); trichromatic

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display

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Seurat

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to cite an example

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spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

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sketching; pointillism; stippling

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reconstruction

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kink; twist; twirl

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the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings

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distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

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to collide; to clash

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diving board

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rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)

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fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

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examiner; judge

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difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

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individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set

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parasitism

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chemical change

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first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

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aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

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every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

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to work hard; to make an effort

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to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions; to work someone hard; to order around; to boss

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little something; reward; tip

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draw (in competition); tie game

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poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

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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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sealed letter

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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