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hard to do

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allegory; fable; parable

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for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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each; every

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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to stop talking; to be silent

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moonlight

2

one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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in that manner; like that

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narrow-minded

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to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

4

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

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adult; grown-up

4

compared to

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

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(not) very; (not) much

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degenerate; pervert; deviant

3

(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey

2

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

2

coffee

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toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

1

last train (of the day)

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typhoon; hurricane

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

one's chance; the right time; target; objective

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heartbreak; grief; sorrow

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anything and everything; just about everything

1

to wrap up

2

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

2

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

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darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

time; labour; labor

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

3

to be discouraged; to shrink from

2

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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water's surface

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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to this extent; to this degree; this much

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pluralizing suffix

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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dream; vision; reverie

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little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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