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for one thing ...

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had better ...; had better not ...

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Machiavelli

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scheme; stratagem; ploy

1

stone pedestal

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half an hour; half hour

1

Leonidas

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Spartacus

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eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

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something (or other)

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Gladiateur

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to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

2

uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness

1

order; sequence; procedure

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every evening; every night

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to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up

1

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

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easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

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wild joy; ecstasy

2

two characters; name

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first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)

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multistoried building

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among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

2

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

1

a find; windfall; bargain

3

to push (something) against

2

gesture; gesticulation; motion

5

be (that) as it may; having said that

1

to intend; to be sure that

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to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

1

some days; several days

1

late spring; third month of the lunar calendar

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(arch.) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); shoots of this plant

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credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

bell (often globular)

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treetop; tip of a branch

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

2

retreating figure; appearance from behind

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gust of wind

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to roll up; to be rolled up

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spring; fountain

2

Theocritus (310?-?250 BC); Theocritean

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whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)

2

to wrap up

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Isis

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still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

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one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence

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