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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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confronting directly; meeting face-to-face

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provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

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taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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to make a sound

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

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war; battle; hostilities

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to lean against; to set against

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exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising

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structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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very much; exceedingly; extremely

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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

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(not so) much; (not) very

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to be helpful; to be useful

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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to be able to manage somehow or another

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unexpected; surprising

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to throw away

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to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

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birds

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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it seems that; as if

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to become empty; to be emptied

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dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

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to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

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neck; head; dismissal; discharge

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left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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training; drill; practice; discipline

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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who; what kind of person

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very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

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fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

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resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

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actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

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head; chief; boss

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founder

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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