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strategy; tactics

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

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bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic

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pus; corruption; rot; evils

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brilliant; bright

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appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)

3

loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change

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physique; phrenology

1

full-course dinner; multicourse meal

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proficient; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude

1

soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log

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to do as one wishes; to act as one wills

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absolutely; only

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scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

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unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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to make narrow

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good news

3

to bear fruit

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bad news; news of a death; death notice

1

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

3

news of someone's death; obituary

1

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

2

jab (esp. in boxing)

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memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

1

following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

1

incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence

3

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

1

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

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understanding person; supporter

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value to society; raison d'être; existence value

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uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

2

characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

2

snakelike; snaky; serpentine

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swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

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moving about; stirring about

2

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

chronic (illness)

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

ongoing; in progress; afoot

1

competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

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being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work

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puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

2

sub; substitute; reserve; sub-

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to be in the spotlight; to come into focus (of attention); to come into the spotlight

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manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

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to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

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