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hmm; I see; hrm

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natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance

2

guess; conjecture; surmise

1

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

2

pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

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to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

4

young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

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scoundrel; rascal; villain

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insolent fellow; rude fellow

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to step forward; to volunteer

4

to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...

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nonchalant air; unruffled air

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some; several; many; how many; how much; very

3

years; time

1

belief; faith; adherence; espousal

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

to end one's life; to end one's days; to die

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

2

to grasp tightly

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to obtain; to procure

3

to bud

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to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

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grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

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distrust; suspicion

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self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin

1

to speak the truth

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supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

antipathy; prejudice

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extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

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desire for revenge; vengeful thought

2

to shake; to waver; to tremble

2

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

end; tip; extremities; terminal

3

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

2

gentleman

2

-like

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protest; refutation; pleading

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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reply; answer

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

3

to hate; to detest

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

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resources

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