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pretext; pretense; pretence

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tragic

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

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place; room; margin; scope

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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hint; suggestion

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to descend from heaven

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angel

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above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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favor; favour; affection

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to wander; to roam

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absentmindedly; vacantly; blankly; by oneself; all alone

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halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

1

metal basin

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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hard to read; illegible

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fumbling; groping

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

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mailing; posting

1

tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

2

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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according to (someone)

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auspicious dream; well-boding dream

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oracle; revelation; divine message

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substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

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happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

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marriage

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to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

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to make a pilgrimage

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responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing

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fortune-telling; divination

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this evening; tonight

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

4

since; this person

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warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

2

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

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to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one

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three months

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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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different person; another person; someone else; changed man

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late spring; third month of the lunar calendar

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tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful

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