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improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

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mystique

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(deeply held) resentment

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reciting Chinese poems

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frequent; common; usual

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cold district; northern district

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adaptation; accommodation; conformity

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reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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instrumentalist; player

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heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold

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incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

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enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

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daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)

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a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious

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to poke; to push

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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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pig; pork

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fecundity; having many children; abundant production

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column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

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to be of help; to be useful; to go toward

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productivity

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to rely on

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to fit; to suit

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savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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to temper thoroughly; to train well

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unbending; inflexible; tenacity; indomitableness

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university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree

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myth; legend

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pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

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winner; victor; conqueror

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(direct) hit; hitting the mark

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(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

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to run about; to rush about

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cultural sphere

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devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

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the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront

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coarse; rough

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abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

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to paint in different colors (for different purposes) (colours)

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wood carving; woodcraft

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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to surround; to crowd around

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the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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army corps

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