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press club; correspondents' club

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privilege; special right

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

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to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

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bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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clock; watch; timepiece

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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without

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every month; monthly; month by month

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well then ...; in that situation; in which case

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contract for (of) sale

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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to arrive

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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to fall ill; to be taken ill

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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(period of) a year; during an era

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(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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pace

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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indicate reason; infers some protest

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prescreen; pre-screening; prior inspection; preliminary review; pre-vetting

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

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to be surprised; to be astonished

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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to feel; to sense; to experience

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to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

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to be forward; to be impertinent

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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and; thereupon; because of that

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(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

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handsome man; actor in a love scene

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

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(your) time

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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The Ant and the Grasshopper

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