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mad laughter; maniacal laughter

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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gradually; slowly but steadily

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus

2

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

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capacity; volume

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loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter

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to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

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wild joy; ecstasy

2

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

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pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

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residue; remnants; dregs

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to ooze (out); to seep

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to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

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to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

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to scrape off; to plane off

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to fill a hole with earth

5

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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chisel

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(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale

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egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

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well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

1

to send back

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departure; leaving; going away; recession

3

to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

2

(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)

2

to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on

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obvious; undeniable

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laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

3

trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation

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increase (in an amount of money or goods); augmentation

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a few seconds; several seconds

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source of supply

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concrete proposal

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morning; breakfast

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hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

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a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing

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spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about

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nimble; quick; agile

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cooperation; collaboration; help; support

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available; enabled; can be used; may be used

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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