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passing by

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several months

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admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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member; the membership

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customer; client; patron

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

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step; stride; counter for steps

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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to make eye contact

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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serious; earnest; honest; real; legit

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

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fine weather; fair weather

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swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

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standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

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meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

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superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

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outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

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superconductivity; super-conductivity

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interferometer

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hiding; concealment

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being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)

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promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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interception (email); wiretap; bug

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possession; owning

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)

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the third

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slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

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completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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angle

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exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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to run through; to run past

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interception; monitoring; tapping

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blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

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privilege; special right

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channel

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bypass

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vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

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equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck

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magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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had better do so

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the matter you have been talking about

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traces; evidence

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