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with hushed footsteps

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to steal or sneak or slip into

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neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district

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maid

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steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

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guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

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corridor; hallway; passageway

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one room

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tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

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to stop walking; to pause

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to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

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to look into; to peep into; to peer into

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indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

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to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide

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to become; to be

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to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

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agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation

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to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

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close to the wall; alongside the wall

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glass; pane

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mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

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

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(a) few; some; several

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substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon

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to trample; to crush underfoot

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tool; implement; means; furniture

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even if; even though; although one might say; although called

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

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line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

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drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

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(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

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counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

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parchment

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bundle; bunch; sheaf

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occurrence; happening; incident; event

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making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

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perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

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private army

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group; body; party; company; troupe; gang

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assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

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soldier

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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stealing; theft

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sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

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money and goods

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note (letter) left behind; will

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furthermore; even more

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to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

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