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starting to walk

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belly; abdomen

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background reflections (e.g. on a window); reflected glare

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something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot

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summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling

2

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

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eye contact

2

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

2

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

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living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

3

different school (e.g. of ikebana)

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bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

3

next time (occasion)

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to whistle

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(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

2

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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everything

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behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

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to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

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meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

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to be the ruin of (a person)

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clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

3

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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chivalrous thief

2

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

1

intimate; close

6

to be photographed; to be projected

2

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

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to make public

1

plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy

5

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

1

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

2

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

4

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

2

principal occupation; core business

2

to be bothered (by something); to suffer

1

enemy encounter

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fate; destiny; predestination

3

recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

3

as always; as usual

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to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time)

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completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

5

tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

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throat

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to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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small bird; little bird

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