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one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte

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uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability

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retirement (from the world); seclusion

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explanation; interpretation

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song; ballad

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

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a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

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a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

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to raise (one's voice)

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presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought

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aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes

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extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

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small misfortune

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

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gradually; day by day; every day; each day

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pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

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that kind of; such a

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orchid; Netherlands; Holland

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hand drum

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entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering

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to amuse oneself; to make merry

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very; much; greatly; a lot of

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to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

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wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned

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limit; bound

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to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

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maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation

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as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now

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a tour

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turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)

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turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

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to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

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short trip; brief journey; excursion

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separate room; special room

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

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to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

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traveller; traveler

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to differ; to vary; to disagree

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simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

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dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

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calling on; visiting

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paying an unannounced visit; rudeness

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blindness

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blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus

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