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thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

1

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

2

stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person

1

nature; disposition

1

(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content

4

to taste; to savor; to relish

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

choices; alternatives; options

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

3

to recall; to remember

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

4

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

1

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

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still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

1

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

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(in) one's own way

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to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to

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silence (not speaking); muteness

3

to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about

4

regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)

2

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

to cut in; to butt in

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to pause; to have a short intermission

3

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

4

talking while standing; standing around talking

1

to die; to pass away

3

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

3

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

2

to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

2

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

5

only; merely; nothing but; no more than

1

self-deprecating; self-mocking

1

temperature

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lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

8

in this way; like this

1

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

3

to need; to call for; to require

2

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

2

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

2

to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

3

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

1

individual; private person; personal; natural person

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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