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acquaintance

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manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

final; eventual; ultimate

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(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

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weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain

3

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

1

to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

1

today; this day

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end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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to bring someone along

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to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up

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both sides

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solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

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to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

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to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

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pendant (jewelry); pendant (light)

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chain; chains

2

thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

1

jewel; precious stone; gem

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to shed light; to cast light

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

1

dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

end of life; death; breathing one's last

1

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

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trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

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technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities

1

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

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article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

1

assassination

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

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feeble

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

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