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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

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quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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clique; faction

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small village; hamlet

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extent; scope; sphere; range; span

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

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listening device; bug; wiretap

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thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

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(political) power; authority; influence

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to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

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movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

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(social) position; status

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power struggle

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to clear away; to remove; to demolish

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outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

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to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse

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collaboration

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ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

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beautiful woman; (a) beauty

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)

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ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)

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seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

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factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

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maybe; could be; might

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line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

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adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship

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presumption; assumption; estimation

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nice; good; well-executed

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regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

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grandmother

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unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

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car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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staff member; employee; worker; personnel

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to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

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slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

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to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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grandchild

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

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