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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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top part; surface

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

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incense

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oil

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air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows

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midday; broad daylight

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disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness

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rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

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(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

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boundary; bounds of the earth

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boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

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day and night

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cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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makeshift; stopgap; temporary expedient; temporary solution; band-aid

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to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

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using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)

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attendant; companion

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vigorous; healthy; sound

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to cross swords (with)

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pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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chief; main; principal; important

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loss; forfeit

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tough; strong; tenacious

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focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

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sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

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to read (a book, etc.) over again

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undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

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strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)

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lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

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mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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to fall completely silent; to become still as death

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unable to speak (due to overwhelming emotion); soundless; mute

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tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

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pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

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sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement

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article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since

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contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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to stop bleeding

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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

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