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to watch over; to watch attentively

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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

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oh; ah

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to say; to tell; to state; to do

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poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade

1

you; (arch.) your residence

4

reason; cause; history; origin

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to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2

oh!; oh?; my!

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in the face of; in defiance of

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anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

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criminal; culprit

1

anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

1

desperate; hopeless

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to lend an ear to; to listen to

2

declaration; proclamation; announcement

1

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

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deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

2

favorable; favourable

2

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

2

to experience

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to pass; to pass by

2

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

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to straighten oneself

2

very deeply

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bow (salute, greeting)

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easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

3

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

easy to understand

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to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

1

dazzling; radiant

1

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

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leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

1

to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)

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(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

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to single out

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elite unit; elite troop

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open sea; Okinawa

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length of one's stay

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to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

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