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to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen

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many; much; plenty; hardly

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khaki (colour)

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the people; citizens; the populace

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hat; cap

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

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(police) detective; criminal matter

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police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody

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fighting game (esp. one-on-one)

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Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-

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originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

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thigh; buttocks; arse; ass

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root; joint; base; crotch

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slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)

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degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

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wrist

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bracelet; bangle

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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metallic lustre; metallic luster

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(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

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accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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to continue to do; to persist in doing

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to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

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Kent paper

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

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fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking

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to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)

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older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

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overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)

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war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

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to count; to enumerate

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to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

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pastel color; pastel colour

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water vessel

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to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted

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to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

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first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant

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crowd of people

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along; parallel to; in accordance with

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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one drop (of fluid)

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drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

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will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

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respect and affection; love and respect

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

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to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

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