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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

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law

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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study; diligence; discount; reduction

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to strangle; to constrict

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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certainly; surely; definitely

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

2

muddy water; red-light district

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savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

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(please) look; see; (please) try to do

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document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)

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decision; agreement

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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discipline; punishment; reprimand

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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act; deed; conduct

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

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private army

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rule

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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to feel nauseous

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endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

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thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel

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to commit a crime; to commit a sin

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justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

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signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

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to do together

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logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel

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to increase; to add to; to augment

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especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

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slow; weak-headed

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

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to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

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riverbed

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to narrow (e.g. eyes)

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face

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covered in mud; mud-caked

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bare earth; ground

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to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

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fist

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action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior

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to have sex; to have a physical relationship

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