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half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein

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commencing with; including

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robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

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uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

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tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone

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expression; look; countenance; face

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anti-aircraft; antiaircraft

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war; battle; match; game; competition

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

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head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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to hold one's tongue; to shut up

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fiction; fabrication; concoction

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to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

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traces; evidence

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(not) one

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event; phenomenon; matter

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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possible; conceivable; likely; probable

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present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

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definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled

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and then; after that

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swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort

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to repeat; to do over again

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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dark gray; slate gray

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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end; close; finish; termination

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fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon

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rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

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remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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animal trainer

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long ride

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return; coming back

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest

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loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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