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fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

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wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

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to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain

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trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

5

(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

3

you (plural)

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thought; consideration; thinking

5

one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn

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to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind

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that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

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I; me

6

suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

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trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin

4

cover; lid; cap

1

explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)

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to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

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to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

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to stare in wonder; to be amazed

5

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

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shriek; scream

3

near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

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bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

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opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

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resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)

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organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

2

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

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boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

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to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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face

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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floral

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day

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to have the nerve to

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dealing with; coping with

4

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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you (plural)

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business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers

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you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

2

to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily

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