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expression; phraseology

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frankly speaking

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one's (living) environment

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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guardian; protector; patron; parent

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

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upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

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very rich person; the super rich

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document; official papers

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perfect; complete; flawless

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call; visit

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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further; above; anymore

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cost; expense

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paying for oneself; (at) one's own expense

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(one's parents') home

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Venus (Roman goddess); Venus (planet)

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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we; us

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in

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to rescue; to free

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to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

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motive; incentive; motif

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compared to

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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private records; secret notes; secret document; confidential papers

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slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

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to vomit; to spit out

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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prophetic writing (e.g. Biblical); written prophecy

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just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

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book; volume

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Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)

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pseudepigrapha

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east

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to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

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1,000; thousand

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to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

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carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat

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to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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cradle

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later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

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to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

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the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

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to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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