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to nod to one another

2

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

3

child's room; nursery

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being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

3

several years

2

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

2

salary; wages; pay

1

moment; brief space of time

1

a few years later

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

2

true state; actual condition; reality

1

bringing up; rearing; upbringing

3

baptism

3

to have a long life; to live a long time

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category

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monetary; financial; pecuniary

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état

2

shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit

1

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

4

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

same level; same extent

1

for use by children; for children

1

scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

1

to subsist; to keep on living

3

the same amount

1

assistance payment; subsidiary aid

2

level; standard; water level

1

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

1

infant; baby; little child

1

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

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without

2

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

3

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

2

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

1

letter; note

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everyone; anyone; no one

1

reply; answer; response

1

to scan; to look over

2

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

2

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

2

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

2

to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

within; inside of; less than

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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