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elect (select) few

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recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)

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severe criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism; diatribe; panning

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open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

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to think too much; to be over-concerned

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real time

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renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)

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(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally

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180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

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depiction; description; portrayal

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debut work; one's first work

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appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance

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library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

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experimental

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hard worker; person who perseveres; person who doesn't give up; eager beaver; bitter-ender

2

headache

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to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right

6

to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up

1

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

1

first (in a series)

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(period of) a year; during the era (of)

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national holiday; public holiday

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almost every day; almost daily

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strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

1

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

perfection; flawlessness

1

setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew

1

field overseer; site foreman

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layout

1

comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable

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coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)

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about when; about what time; how soon

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programme; program; plans; arrangements

3

to be powered on; to be turned on

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(battery) charger; AC adapter

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(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton

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packing into a box; boxing (up); thing packed in a box

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intercom

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to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

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to soothe; to calm; to pacify

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to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

3

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

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to love one another

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one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

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to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

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to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

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inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

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to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol

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