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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

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to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

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year in, year out; always; 24-7

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at a glance; by accident

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this and that; various things

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to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody

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night wind

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one's whole heart; everything one feels

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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

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meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

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most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece

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the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

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Lucifer

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process; course; mechanism

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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confusion; mixing; merger

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue

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guess; speculation; supposition

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mysterious

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as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

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to mimic; to imitate

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trivial; slight

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to turn completely into; to become completely

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to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over

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answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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end goal; final target

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strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower

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firm; unshakeable; resolute

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(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

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forked road; crossroads

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to worry oneself sick

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absolute

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comparatively; relatively

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knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

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to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

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burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

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overwhelming

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

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to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

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vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

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tantrum; fretting

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to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

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to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

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should do; ought to do

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derailment; digression; deviation

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