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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

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three-quarter; half coat; top coat

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stamina; energy

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preservation; retainment; keeping

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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strategy; tactics

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one; one

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to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

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shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom

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to come within sight

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objective

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion

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trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

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other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition

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full throttle

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repeating; repetition; repeat (performance); rebroadcast; repeat sign; playing (an audio or video recording)

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image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

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pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

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to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

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easy to make; easy to do

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as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

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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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to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

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title; name; degree

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general idea; concept; notion

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arrow; wedge; chock

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stardust

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like; as if; the same as

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beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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large burn or scald

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assassin; to assassinate

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to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

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(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

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isolation

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to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

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to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

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direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

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strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

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fundamental; basic

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hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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