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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

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we; us

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(exercising) the right to command

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black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

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reply; answer

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to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

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passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

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from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

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look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

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to entrust; to leave to a person

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to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

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this much; this amount

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exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

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here; with this

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bright; cheerful

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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to stare back (at); to glare back

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what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

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at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

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to be embarrassed; to lose face

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season; the times; opportunity; occasion

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excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

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bull's-eye; the mark

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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ringing; sound

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to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

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negative; minus

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morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

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sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

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lately; recently

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superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

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verse

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to stop; to quit; to put an end to

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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Hikiage

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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defeat; lost battle; losing a war

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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damage; injury; loss

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apology; excuse

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to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

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to say; to tell; to state; to do

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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flame; blaze

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egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

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trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

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