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to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

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unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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in those days

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to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

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lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

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deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

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interference; intervention; meddling

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accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

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to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

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special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

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left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

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to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

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degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction

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pose; pause

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trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

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teary eyes

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brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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piece

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eyebrow

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finally; after; following; at the end (of)

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feelings; thoughts; meaning

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dyeing; printing

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

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current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

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without

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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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hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

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to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

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to some extent; to a certain extent

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

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you (plural); all of you; you all

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artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

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next; then; after that

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

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to squash; to crush; to flatten

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

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reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

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difference; disparity; gap

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to change completely; to change suddenly

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to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

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short; brief

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to dishevel (hair)

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above all; especially; particularly; all the more

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such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

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