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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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(you're) dirty!; (you have) cooties!

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hand used like a sword in striking

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with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

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tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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Lucky Strike

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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breast pocket

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social standing

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

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Seven Stars (cigarette)

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to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

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writer

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to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

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to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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troublesome; bothersome

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to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

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reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

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action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior

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to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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shin; shank; lower leg

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smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth

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fat; thick

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baggy pants, worn by construction workers and juvenile delinquents

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with a bang

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

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enthusiastic schoolteacher; passionate teacher

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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Board of Education

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to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

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prefectural police

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guidance; protective custody

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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to subsist; to keep on living

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returning tit for tat; retaliating

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to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive

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to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one

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a matter for the police; a brush with the law

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turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)

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Racine; Rasin

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dot; point; mark

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dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

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to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

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