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great person; eminent figure

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main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist

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leavings; leftovers

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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no hope of getting ahead

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not one

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(not) one

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tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)

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person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces

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vanity; vainglory

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to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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one's weak point

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to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

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quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

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good at fighting; usually wins a fight

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permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

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moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

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emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

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the same kind; accomplice; partner

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(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

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perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

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to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

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to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

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power

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paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

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a drowning man will catch at a straw

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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to discharge (e.g. effluent)

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drool

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nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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to bite off

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(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

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to have in one's dreams

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mere; simple; sheer

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if you do this; if this is the case

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oracle

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just before

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to survive

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trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

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beginner

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subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

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picking; collecting; harvesting

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

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poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky

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