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good morning

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to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee

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because of this

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the last moment; the very end

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

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deep in the forest

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profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

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keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation

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hard struggle; strenuous effort

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to extol; to give praise

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sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

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bygones; the past; past event

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concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

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to spread one's wings

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epilogue

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fieldstone

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to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

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coarse; rough; crude

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

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to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

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obsidian

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

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cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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butterfly

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first match (in a series)

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flight; rout; debacle

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yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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feeler; antenna

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morning sun

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defeat; loss; reverse; setback

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

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absolutely; only

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innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

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just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

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steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive

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mist; haze

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to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

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any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever

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sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

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deed; act

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(insectile, especially moth) scales

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sparks

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