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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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local cuisine; local delicacy; popular food from a particular area

1

power; authority; influence

2

indulging in every possible luxury

1

buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking

1

a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute

1

zooming in; close-up

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to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape

3

invader; aggressor

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to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

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to snatch (at); to grab

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clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

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economic conditions

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disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish

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to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin

3

corpse; dead person

3

uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous

2

row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition

1

tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)

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self-assertion

2

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

1

smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease

1

bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

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malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

2

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

2

darkish; dusky; dark; murky

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dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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group (usu. of people)

3

house-cloth; dust cloth

2

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)

1

bandage; dressing

2

attendance (at school); going to school

2

artery; arterial road; major route

1

swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour

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scandal

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tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer

2

graduation ceremony; commencement

1

restart; fresh start

2

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

1

change; alteration; modification

2

groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

3

orthopedic surgery; plastic surgery

1

to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated

1

to be smeared; to be covered

2

to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language

1

hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin

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ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

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low blood pressure

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to fall prostrate

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