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to get in touch with

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fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

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kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices

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(arch.) bottom of the sleeve; height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); secret; secret bribe

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to shake one's head

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life

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to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

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Prospero

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getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

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open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

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headquarters; head office; main office

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(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback

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gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out

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to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)

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chatting; idle talk

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near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

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water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without

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beer

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to bring up a subject

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military review; troop review; (military) parade

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attendance; presence; appearance

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physical condition; state of health; shape

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oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

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imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

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to be (doing)

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elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

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bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

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separate; respective; different

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exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

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grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning

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nuts

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society; the world; the times

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absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity

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shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

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successor

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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tradition; convention

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various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that

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very deeply

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to expel; to drive out

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with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

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chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

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clapping and cheering; applause

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influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

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recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back

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