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first step

2

the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty

1

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

1

number of years

1

1,000; one thousand

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

ten years; decade

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

1

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

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

1

paradox

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good-natured

1

old man; old geezer

1

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

2

gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

1

to fight each other

1

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

1

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

1

shithead; bastard

1

to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

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obstruction; hindrance

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to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

2

one (bird)

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holding out a little longer

1

liar; fibber

1

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

1

to live through; to survive

1

strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress

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wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention

1

detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking

2

fire fighting; extinguishing a fire

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

1

to flare up; to burst into flames

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

1

writer

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to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance

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to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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candidate; applicant

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dignity; majesty; sanctity

5

thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season

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accidental; incidental; occasional; casual

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