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funny story; funny anecdote

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carving; engraving; sculpture

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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scarlet; red

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dispersing; breaking up; running away

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with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly

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to flare up; to fly into a rage

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to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

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to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

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manly; masculine; like a man

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bygones; the past; past event

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coexistence

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to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

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pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)

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concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

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the next era

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spouse; wife; husband; partner

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

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repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

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measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

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opponent; antagonist

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pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

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(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor

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by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

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haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

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insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence

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deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

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to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

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to seize power

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to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

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tusk; fang

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exceedingly; very

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to etch into one's mind; to remember well

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absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

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maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming

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facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

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to sit on a seat

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nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

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realistic; pragmatic

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resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

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figured; patterned; figured haori (coat)

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fanatic

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compromise; giving in

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or; either ... or ...

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does not

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quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

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to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

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