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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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corpse; kanji "corpse" radical

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

breakdown; rupture

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muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

2

unluckily

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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to happen to be present

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

2

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

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to divert; to distract

1

consideration; taking into account

1

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

1

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

2

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

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to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

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preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

4

technical skill; ability; capacity

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

2

to sell off; to sell completely

1

war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds

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middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

2

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

3

innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward

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passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary

3

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

to spend time (on doing something)

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to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

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useless; deadhead

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self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

5

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

3

slaughter; massacre

2

dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death

1

battle; game; bout

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

2

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

obstinacy; stubbornness

1

criminal; culprit

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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personal computer; PC

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

3

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

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coldhearted; hardhearted

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