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being on the defensive

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impossible

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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this week

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to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

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colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

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fist

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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to regret

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to mumble; to mutter

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to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha

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it's worth it

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madness; insanity

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glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

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corpse; dead person

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to kill each other

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sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

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wind and rain; rainstorm

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moment by moment; hour by hour

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to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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obstacle; hurdle

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plain; open field

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie

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to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

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to reflect; to throw back light

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full speed

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charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing

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horseback; riding

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spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

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personal combat; one-to-one fight

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

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to cross swords (with)

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to be entwined; to be involved

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afterglow

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continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

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to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

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trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

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torso; body; trunk

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second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order

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cooling; refrigeration

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unit; (musical) group; band

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damage

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counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

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fatal wound

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