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to win one's first battle (game, match)

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wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

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divorce; dissolution of adoption

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to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

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to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

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wandering; roaming; drifting

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blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

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to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

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at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

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homecoming; return to one's home

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reforming; reuniting; getting back together (of a band, etc.)

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elect (select) few

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in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with

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advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit

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since; henceforth; ever since

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fury; power; menace

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myth; mythology

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embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup

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historical tale

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present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress

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to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

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flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating

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nosebleed

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body fluid; semen

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to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

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fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope

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incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

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to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

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confession

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to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

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wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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collapse; downfall

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for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length

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explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

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attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)

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as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

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(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

5

protest; objection

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from out of nowhere; from who knows where

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to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

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sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

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is that so?; I see; right; oh

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

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important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

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