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comics

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column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

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mysterious story

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serial; serialized novel; serialised novel

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writing (e.g. as a profession)

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

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development

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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dead letter

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stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK

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business partner

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play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

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nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so

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you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

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place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on

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reality; consciousness

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bubbles and shadows; (fig.) something transient

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water's edge; shore; waterside

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carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

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time; Father Time

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to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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integrated circuit; IC; interchange

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incense

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patrol

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to work hard; to work diligently

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remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland

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constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

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naked tribe; tribe or group that habitually goes naked; nudist; nudism; being habitually undressed at home or in hotel rooms etc. (e.g. dressed in underwear)

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bad temper; bad mood

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horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn

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to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound

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snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

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absolute secrecy

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duty; function; office; mission; task

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judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

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to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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cyborg

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remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

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minutes (period of)

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ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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crutch; crutches

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(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

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disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely

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honing

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losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down

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relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed

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