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entertain(verb, consider, think, contemplate, thoughts)
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envisage(verb, study, mean, develop, consider)
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fancy(verb, develop, produce, create, design)
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favor(verb, study, consider, see, regard)
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feast upon(expression, attack, have, pick, consume)
2
figure(verb, consider, reason, examine, think)
2
fix attention(expression, settle, establish, put, think)
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fixate(verb, settle, establish, put, think)
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flirt with(expression, study, consider, favor, see)
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focus attention(expression, settle, establish, put, think)
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get on the beam(expression, idiom, settle, establish, put)
2
give attention(expression, settle, establish, put, think)
2
gnaw(verb, cut, eat, grind, bite)
2
gobble up(expression, attack, have, pick, consume)
2
gormandize(verb, attack, have, pick, consume)
2
grant(verb, study, consider, favor, see)
2
grind(verb, gnaw, chew, munch, masticate)
2
hammer(verb, settle, establish, put, think)
2
hammer away at(expression, idiom, consider, settle, establish)
2
have a bite(expression, idiom, attack, have, pick)
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