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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

several years; a few years

1

tax; duty

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be

1

to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

1

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

3

one's own country

1

forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo

1

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

1

to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away

1

one's person; around one's person

1

glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes

2

with a momentary flash of light

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

2

to ignore; to overlook

1

severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious

1

brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

1

hmm; I see; hrm

1

to get used to hearing

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

1

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

13

truck; lorry

2

to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip

1

main section (of a magazine or journal); central portion; this magazine; our journal

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

1

starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation

1

reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

1

reopening; resumption; restarting

1

posthumous works

1

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

3

rare; seldom

1

point in time; occasion

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

distrust; suspicion

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

gentle; mild-mannered

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

3

for this very reason; that is exactly why

2

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

2

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

1

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

quarrel between brothers

1

outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

1

direct contact

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

1

exiting a room

1