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questions and answers; dialogue

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to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

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steadily

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to cut (e.g. cloth)

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

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Emon

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earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy

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gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

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to stir well; to mix thoroughly; to interrupt (with a joke, sarcastic remark, etc.); to butt in (with a facetious comment); to make fun of (what someone says)

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to pretend; to act (as if)

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

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leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)

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scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil

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to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

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(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language

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tingling; stinging; pungently

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while ill

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postcard size

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to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

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polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

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this and that; such and such

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violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement

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push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

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to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

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recollection; reminiscence

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to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

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area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

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thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood

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to choose; to select; to pick (out)

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to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through

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irresistible

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mountain river; mountain stream

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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to become excited; to grow lively

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solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

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to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve

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common humanity; shared humanity; shared by humanity

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raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

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pitching ability; counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); counter for casts (of a line)

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