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strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view

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undefeated

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wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing

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uncool; tacky; lame; corny

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fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

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Kojirō

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in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

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rust

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cone; pyramid

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technical term; terminology; jargon

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death from prostration; death from emaciation

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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idiotic; dolt; bonehead

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gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation

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vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)

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victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

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go (board game)

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moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative

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certain defeat

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losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent

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to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with

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to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

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to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

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lightly; nimbly

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)

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to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control

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to have a cramp

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elasticity

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lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality

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sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement

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to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

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nowhere

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curses come home to roost; (lit.) if you curse someone, dig two graves

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witch doctor; shaman

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report; paper; reportage

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teatime; tea break; coffee break

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to form a line; to queue up; to line up

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great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted

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to tell a lie; to fib

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high class; high grade

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good impression; favorable impression

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to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

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time bomb

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one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

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you could say that; that might be so

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