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the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

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roller coaster

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meteor; shooting star; falling star

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to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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so; therefore; and; (and) then

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to keep silent

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complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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gold coin

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stater (coin used in ancient Greece)

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

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hee hee hee; hi hi hi; chuckling; snickering

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

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to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

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not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

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desperate; hopeless

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to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

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sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

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to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

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six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

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three; three years of age

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asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)

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sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

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build; physique; frame; constitution

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watchdog; guard dog

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eardrum; tympanic membrane

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source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

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archetype (in Jungian theory)

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to dry up; to parch; to ebb away

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to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish

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divine beast

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to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

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to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

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absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

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to rank with; to rank among

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chance meeting

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description; describing; depicting

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identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

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point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark

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same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity

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goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

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to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

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