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foolish; stupid; silly

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one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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Jake

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to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

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supreme command; direction over all

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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post; official position; managerial position; executive position

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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one's twenties

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that's true; of course; obviously

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to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

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foolishly; stupidly

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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to take someone's life; to kill someone

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quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

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occupation; calling; livelihood

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criminal; culprit

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unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

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everyday occurrence

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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absolute secrecy

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

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to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

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there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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to underrate; to make light of

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to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

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world; society; people; the public

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official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

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to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

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to count; to enumerate

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abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy

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founder

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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adult; grown-up

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without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

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vanguard; advance guard

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

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declaration; statement; proclamation

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

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sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor

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independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

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