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(n) an inadequate supply, a rarity

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scarcity

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very valuable

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precious

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to be greater than something or to go beyond limits

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exceed

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money or income

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revenue

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to balance the effect of one thing by doing another action

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offset

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to have enough room for something; to adjust for someone's needs

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accommodate

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to return something to its previous good condition

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restore

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sudden and very noticeable; exciting and impressive

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dramatic

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to wait for a short time before speaking or acting

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hesitate

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to remove completely

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eliminate

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(v) to make sure that laws are obeyed

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enforce

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(n) a serious disagreement and argument

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conflict

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(v) to pull a heavy weight across the ground

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drag

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(v) to go backwards

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reverse

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(n) a pattern of change in a new or different direction

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trend

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(n) natural scenery in the countryside (fields, lakes, hills, etc.)

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landscape

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(n) the condition of being poor

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poverty

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(n) the reason for doing something, the motive

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incentive

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(v) a prize for doing something successfully

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reward

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(n) an extra, unexpected amount beyond the usual amount

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bonus

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(v) to be on the scene of an accident or crime and see it take place

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witness

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(n) sunrise or the beginning of something

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dawn

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(adj.) sacred, having to do with religion

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holy

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(n) an extremely bad accident or natural event like an earthquake

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disaster

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(adj.) certain to happen and unable to be prevented

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inevitable

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(v) to regularly check the development or progress of something

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monitor

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(v) to become larger

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expand

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(v) to move something from its usual place or to replace it

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displace

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(v) to give up or leave something behind

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abandon

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(n) a person from whom you are descended who lived long ago

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ancestor

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(adj.) not following a definite order or pattern

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random

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(n) an area with particular features or characteristics; an ecozone

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zone

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(adj.) exact

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precise

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(n) a building or room where scientific research takes place

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laboratory

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(v) to notice or discover the existence of something

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detect

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(v) to make a hole in something

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drill

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(n) a list of events with the times when they will occur

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schedule

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(adj.) coming or happening before

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preceding

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(adj.) exactly the same as something else

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identical

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(v) to follow a trail or evidence left by something

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track

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