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dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

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adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity

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to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love

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Dada; Dadaism; Dadaist

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to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

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to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

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laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical

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to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others

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to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything

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obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)

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problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

2

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

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to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

3

to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard

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diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)

1

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

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to push back; to press back; to force back

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water fountain

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parabola

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to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

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lung

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labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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to be squashed by; to be pinned under

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

2

changing for the better

2

monster

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strength; power; proficiency; ability

4

(not) a single person; (no) one

2

to turn one's back to

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to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind

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I can't die and leave things this way

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stale; hackneyed; clichéd

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to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

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to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

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with a creak; creakily

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to jar; to creak; to grate

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to trample; to crush underfoot

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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)

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allegiance; obedience; submission

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calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)

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compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

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gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

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depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

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sense of loss; feeling of loss

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to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

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