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passing mark

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(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

1

government office building

1

front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)

1

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1

timewise; temporal; chronal

2

to skip (a class, responsibility, etc.); to shirk; to dodge; to break (a promise); to ignore

1

number two; mistress; concubine

1

sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop

1

break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop

2

standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)

2

to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

1

tentative plan; draft plan

1

online meeting

1

health care system

1

drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

2

progress; development

2

object

1

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

2

you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

1

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

1

tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

1

non-commissioned officer; petty officer

5

to dig up; to expose; to disclose

2

to pretend; to feign

3

Bodhidharma fell down (children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light)

1

useless; in vain

1

(marriage) proposal

1

... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

3

Dag

21

to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things

1

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

2

messenger

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

to add (to); to add on; to append

1

how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the

4

other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice

2

South Dakota

9

volt; bolt

12

nut (as in nut and bolt); (edible) nut; nat; natural unit of information

6

metaphor

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avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling

1

as it is; frankly

2

oaf; blockhead; stupid person; dunce; insensitive person

1

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

10

how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

4

to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

2

hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer

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