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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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look; glance; sight; summary; list; table

2

simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-

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establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

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materials; data; document

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each; (arch.) you (plural)

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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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outline; summary; argument

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spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

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this piece; this work

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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

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juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe

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be; is

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(early) childhood

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

3

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

2

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

1

to become; to amount to

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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

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war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

2

technique; art; skill; move

2

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

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community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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special; particular; peculiar; unique

4

environment; circumstance

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under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

3

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

3

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

1

right eye

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eyelid

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

large burn or scald

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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