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hair's breadth

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sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

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rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

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hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

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not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails

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to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

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woman who works in the sex industry

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uncle

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somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

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dam; weir; barrier; sluice

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baby; infant

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haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

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to become hoarse

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to leave space (between)

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to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)

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to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

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clear; pure; noble

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for one's true nature to come out

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fine play

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

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it seems that; as if

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root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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to smash; to break

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to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

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piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

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indescribable

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shape up!; act properly!

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in large drops

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denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale

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with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well

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to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

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seventh day after a person's death; first seven-day period after a person's death; (arch.) seven days; (arch.) one week

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morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering

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skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination

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backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

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beak; bill

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unsettled; pending; unresolved

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to blow through; to blow across

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wise; clever; smart

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sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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banana

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cacao; cocoa

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(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice

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interior of the mouth; oral cavity

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honour; honor

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

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