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apparent; obvious; very clear

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

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scenery; scene; landscape

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

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to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

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scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

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to throw away

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to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

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quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

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defective item; defective product; defective merchandise

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to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic

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equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance

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adjoining each other

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to assist; to help out

2

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

2

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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protracted war; war of attrition

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no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

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to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

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to pretend; to feign

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strategy; tactics

3

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

5

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

3

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

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playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

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nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

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to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into

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evidence; proof

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direct unforked road; straight path

2

supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon

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point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

2

funny word or gesture; funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.); (arch.) a woman's temple hair

2

puddle; pool of water

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to turn one's back to

2

a bolt out of the blue

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to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

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to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

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bluff

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to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time

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oneself; myself

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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

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furthermore; even more

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

2

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

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(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

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