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emperor's meal

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knowing; being aware (of)

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distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

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in turns; in series; in order; by rotation

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disorder; disturbance; unrest

3

certainty

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose

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unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

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digression

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usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

4

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

1

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

1

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

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description; account

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appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent

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regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

1

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read

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gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

1

learning; study

4

date; dating

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principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

1

distribution

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basin (e.g. between mountains)

8

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

1

humane

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counter-proposal; counter-suggestion

1

total war; all-out war

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so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

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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 look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

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safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)

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future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

3

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

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carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease

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to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

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you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict

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article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

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to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

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after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

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... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...

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