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prejudice; bias; distorted view

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

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cool and clear

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dependence; reliance

4

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

2

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

2

corner of the eye

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chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

1

that in itself; as such

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to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

3

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

2

bull's-eye; the mark

2

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

2

self-torturing; masochistic

3

such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

1

snake; serpent; large snake

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

1

frog

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recovery; undoing; recall

1

melody; tune

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

Beethoven

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symphony

1

ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

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Ode to Joy (choral fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9)

1

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

3

to be boisterously noisy; to do merrily (laughing, chattering, etc.); to shimmer; to ripple; to sparkle

1

melodic incoming call tones (esp. mobile telephones); ringtone; ring tone

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

to drop; to let fall; to omit

1

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

to take one's eyes off

3

to turn on power

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to say (something) over one's shoulder

2

stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils

1

imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

1

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

1

decision; judgment; resolution

1

musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)

1

to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

2

to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back

1

uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

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unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

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reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance

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to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

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Mary Celeste (famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers)

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