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to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

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shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

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declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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both ears

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reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

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sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

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revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story

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cousin (male)

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right of succession; right to the throne

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right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

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correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

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people; citizens; subjects; folk

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element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

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to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

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ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

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to be remembered; to go down in history

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unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

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determination; resolution

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to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

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halfway (through, complete); midway

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to continue (walking)

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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stress

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comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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to remake; to rebuild

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

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nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper

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manner of using one's hands

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to be crabby; to be unsociable; to be snippy; to be irritable

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affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

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to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death

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main gate; main entrance

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for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

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to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

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hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!

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courteous; decorous; polite

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ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

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parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross

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noisily

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in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

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with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

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business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs

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having not the slightest idea

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to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

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to sell over to

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