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(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance

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porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics

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freely; frankly; without reserve

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pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

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retainer; subject; vassal; servant

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

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small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)

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place; room; margin; scope

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plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)

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spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

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to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

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(noble's) page

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sabotage

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(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

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best; ideal; perfect

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officers and men

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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had better ...; had better not ...

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before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

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encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

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at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

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close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

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yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up

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Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!

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squares and circles; square and round shapes

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to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

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to indicate; to show; to point to

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(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

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under the orders of; by order (command)

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to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

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departure; leaving; starting; standing

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a little more

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myth; legend

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implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

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cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

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relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening

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earplug (for protection against noise or water)

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defeat; lost battle; defeated army

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to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule

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nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

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oath; vow

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coward

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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waste of time

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to walk noisily; to walk loudly

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