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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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mysterious person

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countenance; features; looks

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vacant house; unoccupied house

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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Western-style house

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outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

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factory; plant; mill; workshop

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to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

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part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

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a period of two days

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slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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to put on airs; to assume importance

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to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

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waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

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sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

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to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night

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cool down

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instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

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approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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brains; brain tissue

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generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia

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had better do so

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time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

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parents; both parents

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(husband and wife) both working; dual income

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dinner; evening meal

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walking; going on foot

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six minutes

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running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

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two minutes

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distance; range

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standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

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to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

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full

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

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bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

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ghost story

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idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

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presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

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fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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mathematics; arithmetic

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drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

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