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Hiding on ship, plane or other from of transport

To stow away

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Gradually destroying

To whittle away

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working hard

to slog away

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pouring with rain

It's pelting down

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Making less intellectually demanding

To dumb down

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Make it seem less important

To play it down

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Passed on secret information

To tip someone off

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fell asleep

Dozed off

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Lose its effect

To wear off

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hurry

Step on it

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provide

To lay on

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to become popular

to catch on

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Lost my courage and decided not to do it

To bottle out

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persevere with it

to stick it out

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to organise

to sort out

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Occurred

Cropped up

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Keep feelings hidden

To bottle them up

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Becoming less intense

To ease up

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organise

to sort out

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a piece of information given by a secret informer

tip-off

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look at him having a doze

a sleep

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people trying to travel illegally by finding a hiding place on some means of transport

stowaways

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hard work

a slog

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a number of instances appearing suddenly and at more or less the same time

a crop of

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comfortable, relaxed

at ease

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have had enough of conferences

conferenced out

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rose at great speed

rocketed off

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cover with tiles

tile up

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occupied themselves on the internet continuously

surfed away

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