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extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

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even though things may appear this way

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

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tough

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festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

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goldfish (Carassius auratus)

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paper scoop used in goldfish scooping

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to scoop; to ladle out

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

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cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

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half killed

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

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fishing

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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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fish

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live bait

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look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...

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that; the matter in question

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goodness; excellence; virtue

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weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

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rationalization; justification

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character style; character form

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sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals

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grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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clique; faction

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awkward

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to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront

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to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry

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to cut into chunks; to chop into lumps

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sum total; total amount

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individual; specimen

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rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

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total; sum

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8000; eight thousand; many

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900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot

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1,000; thousand

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several animals

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nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

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North Pole; the Arctic

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inhabiting; living

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title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

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maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer

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