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without permission; without notice

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to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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both parties; both sides

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exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary

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pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

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overweight; too heavy (burden, workload, etc.); too severe

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to hold one's breath

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to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess

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pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

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to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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in those days

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than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except

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adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

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efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly

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work; operation; task

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kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll

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to sit (down)

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Mikael; Michael

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personal (employee); employed; retained

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still; even now

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prophet; predictor; prognosticator

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set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line

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to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

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philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view

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to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come

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clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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troublesome; annoying; complicated

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pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

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cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)

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to hand over; to turn over; to cede

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

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by any standard; (not) even as flattery

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

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adoration; admiration; devotion

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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manner; style

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski

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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

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captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

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what day; how many days

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to run away and hide

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to bring back

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modern times; the modern age; this day and age

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to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge

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from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten

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