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Big Ben

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naming; christening

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

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noon; midday

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chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

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Westminster

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

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attachment (esp. to things); love; affection

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remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

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the same night; that night

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obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person

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to regret

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lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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youth; springtime of life; adolescent

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pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

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to hold one's breath

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to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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plosive sound

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

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hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

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bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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to rove; to prowl; to go cruising

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musical chairs

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to go to meet somebody

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to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

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closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

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to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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capable of anything; liable to do

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hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

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it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

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hatred

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switching over to; migration; transition

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work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

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to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act

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one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

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thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing

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to grow numb with cold

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here I am; I'm home!

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

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like this; in this way; as you see

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relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

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