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war of independence

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aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

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to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

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United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England

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abolition of slavery

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slave trade

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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Clapham

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group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

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kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Society of Jesus; Jesuits

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to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

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saliva (in one's mouth)

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to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized

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(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

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merely for form's sake

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to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

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oral; in the mouth

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flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

to lick off; to take (something) off by licking

1

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

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numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

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spinal cord

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inner thigh; inside of the thigh; (walking) pigeon-toed; having one's toes turned inward; uchi-mata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs

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to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

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to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

2

this sort of; this type of

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to have a relationship; to have relations

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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disturbance; kerfuffle

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mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

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cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that

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recovery; undoing; recall

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lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid

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painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

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automatic door

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inefficient

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ex-post-facto approval

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to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

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way of asking; way of listening; listener

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to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

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clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

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perception; intuition; the sixth sense

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to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

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