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hope; white hope; person of promise

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deep-sea fisheries

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tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish

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fishing boat

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to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

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claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

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gentle; mild-mannered

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one's store of patience

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

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warning; advice

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to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

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double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate

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put; place; leave; do (in preparation)

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every morning

2

one second

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difficult problem; challenge

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cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

1

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

2

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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thrift; economy; frugality

1

livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare

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cost

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taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

1

true friendship

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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benefactor; patron

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to rely on

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out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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checkmate

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to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

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to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

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forevermore; for eternity

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again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again

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big yawn

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deed; act

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