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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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large-flowered

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gale; violent (strong) wind

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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

1

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get

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advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

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advance; charge

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uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

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to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

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eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial

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chance meeting

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synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program

1

grudge; ill will; enmity

2

northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis

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advice; warning

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to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

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arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour

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mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

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freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

1

stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes

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disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

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zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh

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impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking

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aegis (mythical shield); Aegis (system); Aegis (missile guidance system)

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muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking

1

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

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having said that; be that as it may

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every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

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skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

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in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

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altogether; entirely

1

forced to use; forced into a position

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face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

1

distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification

2

to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight

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to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

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smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

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to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)

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four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips

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one ten-thousandth

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to grasp; to get

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to cut downward; to slash downward

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to bend; to warp; to curve

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as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

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to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

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perception; sensation; awareness

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tornado; hurricane; typhoon

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