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boisterous dance

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second (unit of time); arc second

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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gyrating (rotating) movement

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bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion

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to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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to voyage

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I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

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character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble

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gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

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inconvenient

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to look up

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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in this case

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simple honesty; tactless frankness

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to shoot or fire off an arrow

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circle; ring; torus

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ambition; aspiration

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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reasoning; logic; persuasion

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order; discipline; regularity; system; method

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to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

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basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

3

precision; accuracy

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to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

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to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on

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to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

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because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

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thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

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exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

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antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

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incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting

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soft sound; dampening (of sound)

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test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest

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ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

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exquisite

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to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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