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this piece; this work

2

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

1

movie; film

1

elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad

1

musical composition; tune

1

clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

3

foreign; abroad; overseas

1

proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

6

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

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chick; baby bird

2

Japan

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if you curse someone, dig two graves

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

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protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

1

episode; anecdote; vignette

3

very small

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

general; popular; common; typical

2

small bird; little bird

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

aforementioned; above-mentioned

3

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

1

young girl; lass; adolescent female

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unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

2

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

word; vocabulary

2

singular form (of a noun)

2

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

1

pronunciation; production of sound

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Cars

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spelling; orthography; patching; binding

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)

1

cause; origin; source

1

these

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

2

foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

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herself; she herself

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

1