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(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

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young and energetic; up-and-coming

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tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed

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beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

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descendant; progeny; offspring

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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bolt from the blue; great surprise

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to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one

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unit; (small) group (esp. in music or entertainment); band

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plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

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right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

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to arrest; to capture; to seize

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denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale

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(statistical) parameter

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breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough

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strategy; tactics

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relying on others; depending on others

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to go on the defensive; to play it safe

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to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open

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test drive; test run; trial run

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(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)

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to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

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imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

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solely; entirely; only; sharing; together

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commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental

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in one's hands; in one's control

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shooting; gunning (down)

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

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bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets

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to go into mourning

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drawing a sword; drawn sword

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contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

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fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement

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to be talented; to be able

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emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

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absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely

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each and every; all

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deep black

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primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive

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to behead; to decapitate

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draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass

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autonomy; self-control; self-discipline; autonomy (in Kantian ethics)

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to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)

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going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign

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according to the calculations; as far as calculations are concerned; computationally

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fellow passenger

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low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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