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(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

2

window

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to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

3

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

3

stairs; stairway; staircase

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

nature; character

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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

3

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

5

unexpected; unforeseen; accidental

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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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

6

thank you

2

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

2

several days later

2

sixty; 60

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fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

2

protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

4

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

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to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

to raise overhead

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

huh?; what's up?

3

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

3

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

5

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

good grief

2

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

2

special; particular; peculiar; unique

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not yet; un-

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judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

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heating power; thermal power; firepower

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just a minute; small quantity

2

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

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before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

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