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to be

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minimum; at the very least

2

area

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

15

please look at it

1

battle; fight; combat

9

act; deed; conduct

5

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

1

grey; gray; ashen

4

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

5

retention; maintenance; preservation

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

2

asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

9

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

4

rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.

5

(a) few; some; several

6

to be erected; to be built

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

1

time limit

2

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

3

question; inquiry; enquiry

4

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

6

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

2

to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

1

start

1

woman; female; feminine gender

4

roaring

6

throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)

9

Teresa; Theresa

23

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

9

why; how

12

reason; pretext; motive

13

stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

5

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

1

testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial

1

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

12

grim face

1

to call together; to convene

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

6

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

8

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

3

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

2

whatever the case; under any circumstances

1

should not; must not

2

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

8

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

5

royalty

2

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

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