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child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster

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too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

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jealousy; envy

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to break one's heart

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

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to find out; to discover; to locate

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marriage

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big; large; great

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

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cause; origin; source

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as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

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killing; murder

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crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

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munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt

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still (continuing); as ever; further

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magician; conjurer

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novel; original; new; innovative

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

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peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

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word game; wordplay; playing with words

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to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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al dente

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to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

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(husked grains of) rice

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to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

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feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

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rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun

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portion; section; part

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at times; occasionally

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with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden

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part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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middle-aged man

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ruin; destruction; fall

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quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

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special; particular; peculiar; unique

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taste; liking; preference

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meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

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