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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

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low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

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just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

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concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

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to breathe out; to exhale

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middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

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to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

balance

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to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

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to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

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day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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shriek; scream

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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meteor; shooting star; falling star

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universe; cosmos; space

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the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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being startled

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to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

2

cushion

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to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

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rather than (do ...)

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to pick up; to pick out

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look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

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to complain; to make a complaint

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to come and see (someone, something); to visit

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chilly; unpleasantly cold

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windowpane; window glass

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rolling up one's sleeves

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

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the whole sky

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shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

3

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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meteor swarm; meteor shower

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one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae

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Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

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report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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