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suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently

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to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

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logical

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vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

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young; juvenile

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to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate

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to lie down; to throw oneself down

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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west side; west bank

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discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

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terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

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blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

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black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

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to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

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as soon as; right after

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evening cool; cool of the evening

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evening

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night wind

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surreptitious glance; looking furtively

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dead of night; shades of night; black of night

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unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

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hunter; huntsman

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to search for; to seek for; to look for

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to hold one's breath

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to follow the sense; to understand the meaning of

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itch

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Medusa

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to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

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to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

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art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

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unexpected; unforeseen

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desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

2

brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

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fray; frayed spot

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passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

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to boost; to force up; to push up

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does not seem (to be)

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gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

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fairy; sprite; elf

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party; banquet; feast

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rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade

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to leave

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to stay (at); to stop (at)

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recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

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