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festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

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taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)

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pitch black

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telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin

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to speak; to hear a voice

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

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the sense of hearing

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inner; internal; inside

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hubbub; din; noise

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one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth

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to scoop; to ladle out

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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net; netting; web

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo

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to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied

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polish; refinement

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

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copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile

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reproduction; duplication; reprinting

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leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

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hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

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shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited

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to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

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darkish; dusky

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to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

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continuation; succession; series

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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disgraceful; shameful

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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to stare back (at); to glare back

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in fact

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to squash; to crush; to flatten

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atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

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to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

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advice; warning

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quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly

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battle; game; bout

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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special; extraordinary

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hostage

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to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

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chance (of success); odds

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grip (of hand); grip strength

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involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

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