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sounding each other out; probing each other

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to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober

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complaint; grumble

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you; (arch.) your residence

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messenger; envoy; emissary

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visual confirmation; sighting

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(process of) elimination

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

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to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes

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to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined

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somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison

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killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)

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to be born; to come into the world

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

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loyalty; allegiance; fidelity

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

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to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

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loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

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friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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to unfold; to unroll; to open

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to rack one's brain

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

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restless; fidgety; in a hurry

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to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

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(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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having various interests; wide range of interests

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social dance; ballroom dancing

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reading (books)

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theatre-going; theater-going

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playwriting

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(writing) song lyrics

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gathering edible wild plants

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mushrooming; mushroom picking; mushroom gathering

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versatility

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successive generations; successive emperors

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Imperial Family; Imperial Household

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to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

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antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

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having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar

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to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly

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