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for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

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grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

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shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

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to play around; to gallivant about

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since when; from when; how long

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to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

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to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

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treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures

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to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit

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to dig out; to pick up

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divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance

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coating; painting

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cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

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electricity; (electric) light

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union; joining; conjugation

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strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting

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rain cloud

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timewise; temporal; chronal

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to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

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covered in mud; mud-caked

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to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old

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fallen tree

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soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal

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with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go

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misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea

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(how) many times; (how) often

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to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

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to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

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with a splash; with a splosh; with a click (of a camera shutter); with a snap

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to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

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(going out and) receiving (someone); (heading out and) meeting; picking up; welcoming

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empty space; empty sky

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fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

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detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark

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physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)

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to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

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soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

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on the occasion of

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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sunset

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to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

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complete combustion; perfect combustion; giving one's all; doing one's best; using all of one's ability

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graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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to turn on power

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to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

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complex and mysterious (bizarre); complicated and inscrutable

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rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

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to run about; to rush about

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to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

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