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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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stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)

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praise; hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)

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song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn

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Schopenhauer

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

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withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy

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exaggeration; hyperbole

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type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

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choice; selection; option

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proud; haughty; arrogant

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

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bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

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person who has committed suicide

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like that; so

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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to gain traction; to develop momentum; to get a boost; to pick up steam

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suspension; hanging

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to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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divining one's own fortune

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through

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to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)

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to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

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to return fire; to shoot back

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dislocation

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if not ...; unless ...

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somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction

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to sink in; to cave in

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swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour

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incision; operation; section

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to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

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to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

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emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

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to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness; to have a secret abortion

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directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front

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heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance

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one mind; the whole heart; wholeheartedness

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you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of

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pressure; duress; stress

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leaping for joy; exultation

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to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of

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to turn one's face away

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briskly; quickly; promptly

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to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

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tiny bit

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each (person); everyone; individual; respective

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to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

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delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in

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