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bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger

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Faiz

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startup; activation; bootstrap; startup company

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free-standing bar

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haunted house

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time-out; timeout; timeout

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eyes

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rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

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Ure

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lumberyard

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being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from

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Thou

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double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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handling one's workmen

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star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

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delta

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clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)

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beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist

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darts

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complete

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longest; oldest

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to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

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skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness

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

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to fire from a job

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to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

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charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge

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qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

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fair; fare; fear

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change of occupation; career change

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to be embarrassed; to lose face

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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wall; fence

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belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

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opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)

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one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

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expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

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easy to understand

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truth

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I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

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lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

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company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

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

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stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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