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vying with one another

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middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe

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regret; repentance

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to boost; to force up; to push up

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battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

4

to speak; to object

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

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wise; clever; smart

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to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

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fair and square; open and aboveboard

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

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to be frank; to drop all pretense

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discussion

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dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

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mutual understanding

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society; public; community; social studies

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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first step

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lower floor

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vengeance; revenge; retaliation

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come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

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full of; brimming with

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for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off

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to drag out

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just like

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(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

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Asanotakuminokami

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The 47 Ronin

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

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gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

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to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

3

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

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rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks

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Kira

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complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel

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beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon

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trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

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dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

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to bear; to endure

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in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

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full speed

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raid

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now; come (now); well

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meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

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cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

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door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch

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