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Pau (France); Poe; Po (river in Italy)

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calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand); declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld

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only; nothing but

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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succession; continuation; series; sequence

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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seven pairs; winning hand composed of seven pairs

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hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

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uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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two; 2

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counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

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serious; not joking; straight

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disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

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presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

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United Nations; UN

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generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

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skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

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number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

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in succession; one by one

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idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

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ah; oh; hey!

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south

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round that ends with nobody winning

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to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

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well; now; then

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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final hand of a game (i.e. south round, fourth hand)

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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composite; combined; complex

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to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)

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infinity

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

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circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

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reverse; rebirth; vomit

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to become inverted; to become reversed

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who

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people

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chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

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