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rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)

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pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

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to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

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slice

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rye bread

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margarine

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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small; little; few

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sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

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crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

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dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

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to burst open; to pop; to split

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use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

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virgin; maiden

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with a start; with a jump

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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ticklish; embarrassing

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to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

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to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

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excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

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to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

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ant

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contrived; false-sounding

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serious look (on one's face); straight face

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to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

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half day

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food; foodstuff

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cancellation

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to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

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complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

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faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction

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(and) many others; extras (in a film)

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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folder

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charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

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to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

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student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID

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(take) shelter; shunt

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

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the second time

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solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

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viscosity

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dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)

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food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

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