answer / response

withered; shriveled

decline, deteriorate, weaken

(deictically) that one near you (near the addressee) / (anaphorically) the one we are talking about (either the speaker or the addressee knows) / that of (used only in writing)

outside / foreign / other / except

door hinge / pivot / center of power

Aimlessly, at random, unintentional; ridiculous, caricatural.

basic / plain

speed

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