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with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

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thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing

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tail (animal); tail end; tip

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glasswork

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to have a smattering knowledge of

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to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

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pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

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equipment; device; installation; stage setting

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

aperture

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to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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vacuum; hollow; empty

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rectangle; oblong

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face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

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lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

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roll

4

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

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to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

1

twice; again; second time

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cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

2

go that far; to that extent

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winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

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ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

1

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

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re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

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creation; generation; formation; derivation

2

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

3

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

2

to become pale; to turn pale

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to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

3

to hesitate; to waver

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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manufacture; production

2

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

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with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden

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to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer

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stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

to have a cramp

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to hold up in one's arms

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full speed

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trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

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to cover one's face

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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daily meals; three regular meals a day

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morning and evening

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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