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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly

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insisting

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out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

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fine quality

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manner of eating

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eloquence; fluency (of speech)

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gluttony

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assistant

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to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel; to jostle (with)

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to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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one's regular inn; one's usual hotel

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call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

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to call out; to ask someone to come

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to assign; to set aside

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back street; back alley; off-street

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the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed

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conspiracy; collusion

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real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

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reason; cause; history; origin

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storehouse; bunker; silo

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there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion

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trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

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still dark; not yet dawn

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overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

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aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

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grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

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running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

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disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment

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the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down

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acute ear; good ear

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(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

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without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation

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same meaning; synonymy

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to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

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to leave behind

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double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)

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hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

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tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

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to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve

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tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

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depravity; corruption; degradation

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to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

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to look down on; to condescend

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low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar

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to pick a fight

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reluctant; hesitant

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feel when biting; manner of enunciation

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custom

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(dance) partner; (work) partner; partner; spouse

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