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good horse

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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if possible

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly

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imaginary

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to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

5

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

1

therapy; treatment; remedy; cure

2

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

dirty; vulgar; nasty

1

one's subordinate

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pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

1

solely; entirely; only; or

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I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

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to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

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nonstop

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doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension

1

darkness

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

efficiency

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Dada; Dadaism; Dadaist

1

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

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processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

1

to grow old; to age

1

distant look; faraway look

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spasmodic(ally); fitful

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

even so; anyhow; at any rate

1

long-term

1

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

3

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

military

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to set aside

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feel sick; feel unwell

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

2

to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive

1

one year; some time ago

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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history

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general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal

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ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with

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joke; jest; banter

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