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as it is; frankly

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities

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prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

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commerce; trade; business

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limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)

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roadside; wayside

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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shopper; customer

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to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

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first impression

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to set (sun); to become dark

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to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

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small hill; low hill; hillock

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solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout

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rampart; castle walls

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appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

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fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

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snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

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to well up; to burst; to arise

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deep breath

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to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

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arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

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dusk; nightfall; twilight

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castle gate

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going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

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to prohibit

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dead of night; shades of night; black of night

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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going around; patrol; round; tour

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to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

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to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

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(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

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fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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sentry; guard

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stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

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order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

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to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

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upper floor (of a building)

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agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

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outer wall

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to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

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roof

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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fundamental; basic

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