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child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)

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everything one owns

1

to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

8

going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape

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to sell off; to sell completely

1

large amount of money; great cost

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

2

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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disapproval

2

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

2

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

1

to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

4

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

3

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating

1

rather; sooner; preferably

5

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

1

no matter how much time passes

2

to complain; to make a complaint

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matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority

1

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

3

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

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to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge

1

to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied

4

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

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sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

4

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

3

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

3

breath; breathing; bless; bracelet

1

attendant; companion

1

Galatea

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cause of death

1

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

10

school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

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to support each other; to support one another

4

just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

2

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

1

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

2

to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)

1

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

2

to be highly pleased

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by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

1

sense; infer

5

to think too much; to be over-concerned

4

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

3

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

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