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craving for the limelight

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(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly

1

beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

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had better; is advisable

2

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated

5

bending and stretching; flexing and extending

1

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

1

taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it

1

nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

1

to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object

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prison warden

3

sinful; wicked; immoral

6

to bind up; to tie up

1

feedback (on a product, person's performance, etc.); feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)

1

to invite in; to show someone in

1

separation; isolation; extrication; release; isolation

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

1

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)

1

timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

step by step; by degrees

2

stone throwing; (throwing) stone

1

Seikai (series of science fiction novels by Hiroyuki Morioka)

1

oxygen (O)

1

under the floor

1

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

2

short break; breather

1

green calabash; unripe gourd; pale and sickly person; pallid and thin person

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

2

being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

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one's self-possession; one's presence of mind

2

irresponsibility

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack

4

reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

1

time limit

1

overhasty; rash; premature

2

keen; eager; enthusiastic; motivated; determined; positive

1

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

1

(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known

1

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

1

to estimate

1

amateur

2

sharing a common destiny; sitting in the same boat

2

prisoner; convict

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