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to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

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bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened

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cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

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cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

3

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

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to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

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the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes

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calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

5

sugar

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full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content

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leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

2

trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

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heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

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to bore; to tire; to weary; to use lavishly (and without regret)

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to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

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weak person; the weak

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to be discouraged; to shrink from

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to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling

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a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)

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to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged

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done; just done; just finished

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(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

2

appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting

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to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

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censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

2

leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

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impoliteness

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to break the silence; to break one's silence

2

reopening; resumption; restarting

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rejection; dismissal

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at least

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to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

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radical

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to be relieved; to feel relieved

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he himself; his personal

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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

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silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

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surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

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to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

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soft light

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to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray

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