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perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

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definite; sure

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even more; still more; further

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to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

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to interweave

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catharsis

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mechanism; organization; organisation

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crystallization

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remote; out-of-the-way

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rare; uncommon

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina

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to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

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single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed

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transposition; dislocation; rearrangement

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you only live once; you only have one life

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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double

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human intellect; knowledge

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parasite

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex

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affectation; showiness; pretence

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transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

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objection; dissent; protest

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limits; end; bounds

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to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look

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tear-stained face

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to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy

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to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

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insanity; an insane person

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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to knock down; to send flying

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powerless; helpless; incompetent

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muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)

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peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

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one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

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to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death

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Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

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clouds and haze; swarm (of people); throng; (flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight

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to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

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to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

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road; street; avenue

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even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

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deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)

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failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

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