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Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)

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Rome

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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alps

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Cartago (Costa Rica); Carthago

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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Hannibal

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even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

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extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

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connector

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to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

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portion for two people

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mug

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grip

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miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

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being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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extension cord

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to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

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to do for (the sake of someone else)

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to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor

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philosophical

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

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escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

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to have a long life; to live a long time

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on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

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heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

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life span

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escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

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universe; cosmos; space

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scale; vernier

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

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cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

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intelligence

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lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration

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self-improvement

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English conversation; school for English conversation

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spiritual; religious song; spiritual

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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law; rule

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enactment; establishment; creation

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as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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parting; farewell

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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