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to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

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revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

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forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

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to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

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science fiction; sci-fi; SF

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fantasy

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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financial world; business circles

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(world of) politics; political world; political circles

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hallucination; illusion

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to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

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to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

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bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

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government; administration

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

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person; member

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quotation source; citation source; reference source

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

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site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight

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doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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conspiracy theory

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to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

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not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

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never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

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sublime; noble; high-minded

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

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below freezing

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to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

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to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

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pluralizing suffix

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doing whatever one pleases

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to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

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spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

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stepping back; drawing back

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basis; foundation; grounds; authority

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to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

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birth; nativity

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to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

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to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

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to blank out; to panic

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large amount of money; great cost

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relative; relation

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support; backing; aid; assistance

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to be common

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