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remaining

/ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. Which remains, especially after something else has been removed. · May I have the only remaining cake?
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The door opened, and a dim light reached Dantès’ eyes through the coarse sack that covered him; he saw two shadows approach his bed, a third remaining at the door with a torch in its hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 218 · C1
The remaining birds at once forsook his fields, crying to each other, “It is time for us to be off to Liliput: for this man is no longer content to scare us, but begins to show us in earnest what he can do.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2
The remaining Monkeys threw pieces of stout rope around the Lion and wound many coils about his body and head and legs, until he was unable to bite or scratch or struggle in any way.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 84 · B2
The draught produced a galvanic effect, a violent trembling pervaded the old man’s limbs, his eyes opened until it was fearful to gaze upon them, he heaved a sigh which resembled a shriek, and then his convulsed body returned gradually to its former immobility, the eyes remaining open.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 208 · C1

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