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going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

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following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

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homing

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advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)

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highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)

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worries; cares; troubles

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unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting

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grotesque

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arthropod

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amphibia; amphibian

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soft

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to like; to prefer

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character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

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weird; disgusting; sickening

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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

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for a long time

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

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following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

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top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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good feeling; feeling good

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

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admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

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reason; cause; circumstances

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attentiveness

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vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

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partner

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width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

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left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

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assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

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rare item; unusual item

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hardness; solidity

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to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

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small; little; few

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to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

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to jump up; to spring up

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firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

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jealousy; envy

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clandestine meeting

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to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

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rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

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boom; kaboom

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Hokusai

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raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

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