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to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

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below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin

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to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

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wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

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what to do

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

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district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

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limit; restriction

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instinct

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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all; everyone; everybody

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to cut into (a conversation); to interject

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secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

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definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

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improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager

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to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

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to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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duty; role; function

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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mistake; blunder; slipup

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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history

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to be in danger of; to be liable to

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

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order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface

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(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

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kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

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one by one; one after another; successively

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to discharge (e.g. effluent)

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to control; to command; to get the better of

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to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

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at once; immediately; right now

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quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly

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as if; as though

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opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency

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opening fully; full throttle; full power

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exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

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great laughter; burst of laughter

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to return; to come back

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at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

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apple juice

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