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to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

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to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

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(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit

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even if not; even without

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to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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at any cost; at any price; at any expense

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to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

1

shaking violently

6

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

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gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

4

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

3

city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area

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to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)

5

military installations

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rectangle; oblong

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dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance

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glass; pane

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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plants; vegetation

1

number of years

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brilliant; bright; dazzling

1

light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

3

repair work; renovation work; restoration work

1

factory worker

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movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)

1

rope

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work-in-progress; working state

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No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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construction work

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peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)

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though; even if; whether ... or ...

2

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

later on; eventually; afterwards

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persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

2

since a little while ago

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location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place

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pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

2

ghost story

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about; concerning; related to; -ish

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false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation

3

to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up

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(appropriate to) time, place, occasion

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this century

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to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in

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