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only; just

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original story; original version; this volume

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not yet; un-

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hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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nine; 9

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-years-old

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half

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to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

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tall (of a person)

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tiny; little; wee

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infant; baby; little child

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stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

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body proportions

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as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

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given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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to beckon

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

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one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity

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ahead; before; ago

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stoppage; tightness; block; infarction (e.g. cardiac)

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alias

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tilling with horses

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to get in touch with

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agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

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violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

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expectation; assume will happen; forecast

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pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

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gist; main point

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to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

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scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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blackboard

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chalk; choke; chock

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to transcribe; to copy

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dead person

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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decision; settlement; definition

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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to cling to; to embrace

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preface; introduction; preamble

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to send in

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moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

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wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left

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cough; ahem

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