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author; writer; novelist; artist

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

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before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

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trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope

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to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur

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publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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Rookie of the Year award

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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to resemble closely

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Creator (of all things); Maker; God

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painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting

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Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

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to talk to oneself; to mutter

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imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)

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going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

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very; much

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to age; to get old; to be too grown-up (for one's age); to be precocious; to become twisted; to become warped

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distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

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conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

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egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

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gem; jewel; precious stone

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vivid; clear; distinct

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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to feel nauseous

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gastric juice

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violent emotion; passion; fury

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phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

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to yearn for; to pine for

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self-defense; self-defence

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madness; insanity

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abyss; ravine

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to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

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rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive

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fiction; fabrication; concoction

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thin skin

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to crumble away; to collapse

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house built on sand; house of cards

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putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

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whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other

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to keep walking

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like many others; being no exception; just like everyone else; as is usual with; in common with

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sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue

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to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

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shade; shadow

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restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

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bare rock; rock surface; rock face

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connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within

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