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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

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White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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each; respectively

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

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pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

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

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dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

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form; shape; figure; morph

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quadruped; four-footed animal

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parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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to train; to discipline; to teach manners

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young (animal)

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laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

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no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

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to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

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in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for

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to become possible; to become able to (do)

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to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

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empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

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is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...

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direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

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that day; the very same day

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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third

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trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

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noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

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table

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seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

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(oil painting) canvas

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to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in

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delicious; skillful; skilled; expert

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thought; consideration; thinking

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with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

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to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)

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true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

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to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify

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for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

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plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate

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empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

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to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

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ear; year

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eye

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Sixth sense

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surface; outer layer

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