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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

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stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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himself; he himself

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to be expensive; to be costly

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was

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to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

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desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

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one's troops

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to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

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premature

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I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

2

to regret

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to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

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look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

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selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans

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to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

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without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

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one month

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without exaggeration; truthful; factual

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

3

to cling

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

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sigh

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to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

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barely; scraping by

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to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around

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too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

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before long; even now

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control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management

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navy

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governor-general; governor; viceroy

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riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)

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to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

2

every person; each one; everybody

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tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

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upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

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to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down

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feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

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to detain; to check; to restrain

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equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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