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to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

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hundreds

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revolutionary (e.g. technology)

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reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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feel; touch

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to hide; to keep to oneself

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ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

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change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change

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to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

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to wear out

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dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

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being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to

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one's possessions; ownership

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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(for the taste of something) to become apparent; (for someone's character) to come out

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ridiculous; odd

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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

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to take a load off

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to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

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load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility

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coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)

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iced coffee

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to shake one's head

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warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

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random; unintentional; unintended

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to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

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story; tale

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blighted love; disappointed love

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myth; legend

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these

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midday; broad daylight

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to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

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Hans Christian Andersen

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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collection of short stories; collected short stories

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painter; artist

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every night

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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writer of children's stories

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good (place to leave off); convenient

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

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