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to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

staying up all night

2

rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed

2

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

4

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

we

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budget cuts

5

factory; plant; mill; workshop

3

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

to be needed; to be wanted

5

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

3

reduction; curtailment

1

most; extremely

3

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

3

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

4

museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall

4

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

1

duty; role; function

2

to finish; to graduate

2

founder

1

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

1

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

1

garage (at house)

6

birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

6

to be based in (a place)

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

jest; joke; funny story

3

doing whatever one pleases

3

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

how long; how far; how much

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost

1

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

1

and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

1

to pay off completely (e.g. loan)

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

3

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

hard (life); tough (world)

2

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

1

ago; since; before; previous

5

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

1

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

1

equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements

2