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execution

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French Revolution (1789-1799)

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love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

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movie; film; motion picture

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last; final; end; conclusion; rust

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highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; to stun; to amaze

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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linking together; tying in a row

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(a) row; line

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in succession; one by one

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one machine; one vehicle

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clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

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conveyor belt; belt conveyor

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factory; plant; mill; workshop

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production; manufacture

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mass production

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Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre

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prayer; supplication

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

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(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

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scallion; green onion; spring onion

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slicer

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip

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continuity

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show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show

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respect; esteem; regard

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to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

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to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

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gesture; gesticulation; motion

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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image; idol; statue

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fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

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sanctification; consecration

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law; rule

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stone wall

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to compose; to put together

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mortar; plaster; stucco

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to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

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to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

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above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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height; elevated place

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in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

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to want; to desire

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therefore; consequently

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