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1 absent-minded

2 preoccupied

3 inattentive

4 with one's thoughts wandering

1 John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner

1 bandit

1 to see one's child die before oneself

1 foundation (institution supported by an endowment)

1 Jian Bozan (1898-1968), Chinese Marxist historian and vice-president of Bejing University 1952-1968

1 mouth

2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)

3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls

1 to take charge of

2 to manage or direct

3 to preside over

4 to uphold

5 to stand for (justice etc)

6 to host (a TV or radio program etc)

7 (TV) anchor

1 Bath city in southwest England

1 to assist (usually a ruler)

1 not to do anything productive

2 to idle away one's time

1 clam

2 bivalve mollusk, many spp.

1 Umbelliferae or Apiaceae, plant family containing carrot, coriander etc

1 affected

2 unnatural

3 pretentious

1 to make astronomical observation

1 roller

2 cylinder (machine part)

3 drum

1 placeholder (computing)

1 fat on belly

2 fertile

3 rich

1 to die young

2 short-lived