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just the two of them

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Bodianus cylindriatus (species of hogfish)

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prose poem

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reading aloud; recitation

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to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

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to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel; to jostle (with)

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society; public; community; social studies

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute

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

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bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque

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plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

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stay; sojourn

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separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)

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previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation

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maidservant

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)

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mother and child

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to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)

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exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

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to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

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to be worried; to be troubled

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persecution; oppression

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to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid

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heir; successor

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older half-brother (by a different mother)

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to remain; to stay (somewhere)

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guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

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to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth

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here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over

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prayer; supplication

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quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony

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usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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to stand on end (of hair)

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poor person; the poor

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to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

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fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)

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Hugo

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France

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moneymaking; earning money

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merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

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