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(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

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inefficient

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weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)

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one hand

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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region; limits; stage; level

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fluent; flowing; elegant

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severe; fierce; stern

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slash; slashing attack

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stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands

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to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

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escape; getaway; evasion

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invitation; introduction; temptation

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study; learning; tutorial

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foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

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guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

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cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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limit; restriction

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dual

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trust

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learning ability

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ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

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phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance

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upper half of the body; upper body

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limbo dance

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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to bend; to warp; to curve

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upper body

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passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

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wrist

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to collapse into; to flop onto

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

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overhead throw in judo

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lung

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quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

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to accept (a thing) with thanks

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to become bloodshot

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jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)

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to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

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ping-pong ball

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the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

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to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

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execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door

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to rise; to erect; to get up

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