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synesthesia (synaesthesia)

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Pequin pepper

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lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

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fizzlingly; sputteringly

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tough; stiff; inflexible; obstinate; tired; worn out

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special bargain sale

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napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

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exceptional item; extraordinary product

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likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences

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no problem

4

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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shareholder; stockholder

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robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

2

trade; buying and selling

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to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.)

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I can't go on like this

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growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

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frozen

3

to shut up; to imprison

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arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

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to hit with a club

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to be blinded by greed

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intensely; heavily

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to close (one's eyes); to shut

3

the seven prismatic colors (colours)

2

stage directions

3

if you insist (on it)

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separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

1

headless

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day (as in holiday); daytime

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peanut

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to break into fragments; to go to pieces

12

ahead; before; the future

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face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

3

well-balanced; considerate; of fine character

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to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply

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(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake

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catharsis; purgation; evacuation; purging the bowels; diarrhea

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alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

5

to lay; to spawn

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to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)

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(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre

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fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention

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library (usu. single-room); small library

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breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture

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cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (arch.) any insect that chirps in autumn

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hoe-shaped helmet crest; stag beetle

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plop; splash

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