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smoking (tobacco)

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around the world; throughout the world

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction

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as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

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to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

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battlefield; battleground

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bulletproof vest

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protective mask

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provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

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infantry; infantryman; foot soldier

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necrosis

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to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

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(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

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spectators; onlookers; members of the audience

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(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)

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execution

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

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social; societal; societary

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machine gun

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stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

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feelings of guilt

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paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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welcome

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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plan; design; layout

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that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the

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Titanic

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to preordain

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ark (i.e. Noah's)

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to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

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endless; boundless; everlasting

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eternity; infinitude; immortality

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darkness

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ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

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sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

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to grimace; to frown

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pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

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demonic; devilish; satanic; diabolic

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corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

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distinctive; characteristic

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hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak

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attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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