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to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

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to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear

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to feign ignorance; to play dumb

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to rack one's brain

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faint smile; half smile

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to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

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intimacy; friendship

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to choke; to have trouble breathing

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sounding each other out; probing each other

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(very) cautious; careful

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roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

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to soften; to moderate; to relieve

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to be settled; to be brought to an end

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in public; in company; in the presence of others

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support; backing; patronage

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to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

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to run away and hide

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gossip

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everyone; one and all

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

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to draw a line (between); to make a clear distinction (between); to settle (a matter) once and for all; to bring to an end; to take responsibility (for)

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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feel when biting; manner of enunciation

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

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strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

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landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result

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being tanned by sunlight reflected from snow; snow-burn

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fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

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preparation for a lesson

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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as soon as; right after

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home position; origin; usual place (for something)

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to skip over (while reading); to skim

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mishearing

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to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about

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being absorbed (in); immersion; sinking (into)

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to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract

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many people; a large number of people

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going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent

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gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive

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addition; Canada

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day of month; counter for days

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ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

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self-conscious; self-aware

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to pick on; to tease

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to expel; to drive out

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