mask; disguise; guise; mask
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
friend; affection (for siblings)
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
fabrication; lie; fiction
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
saying nothing; understanding tacitly; without putting into words
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
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outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
even if not; even without
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
weave; weaving; woven item
to mix; to stir; to blend
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
suppression; repression; subjugation
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
there is a tendency; there is a possibility
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
humorous flavour; something comical
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address