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mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

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weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

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raising plants; cultivating (vegetation); planting; one's plants; cultivated vegetation; one's crops

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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disregarding; ignoring

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to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up

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nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious

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to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)

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to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

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ungrateful

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it seems that; as if

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bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker

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he; she; that person; (arch.) you

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slowly; leisurely; gently; suddenly; abruptly

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madness; insanity

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even if; even though; if

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to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

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the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect

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to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

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to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

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farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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to bring back; to restore

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malicious; scheming; black-hearted; cruel (contrary to outward behavior); sly; black-hearted

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

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something small; something petty; trifle

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a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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to summon courage; to be brave

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settlement; solution; resolution

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the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Hare; hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); east; second month in the lunar calendar

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

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thereafter; after doing that; followed by

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chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate

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lunch; midday meal

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bed bath; sponge bath; blanket bath; toilet

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going to bed; retiring (for the night)

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regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly

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just now; a little while back; a short time ago

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