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atmospheric pressure

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jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

3

locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer

1

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

1

receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

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meaning; significance

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

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

3

important person; strategic person; key figure

1

to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise

1

telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

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thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe

5

quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss

2

first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

1

lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

1

soul; spirit

1

to be exhausted

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

1

grains of sand

1

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

1

(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement

1

somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

3

revolution; rotation; turn; turning; handspring (gymnastics); inversion

1

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

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(war) front

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chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

1

cocoon

2

to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

3

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

giving a broad smile

3

old grudge; old score

1

moving; touching; stirring

1

rest; relief; relaxation

1

to get; to be given

1

to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)

2

exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

2

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

3

plants; vegetation

1

blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

1

boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English

1

real thing; original; actual

2

one's old bones; old man

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shovel

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pickaxe; pickax; pick

3

versatility; multiplicity of use

1

demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour

1

to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)

2

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

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