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groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

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cough; ahem

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dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (e.g. to get someone's attention)

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive

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grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

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being second to none; being in a league of one's own

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

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the teaching profession; education of laity

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sanity; consciousness; soberness

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yeah; you're right; that's right

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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to well up; to burst; to arise

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right

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severe; fierce; stern

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to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes

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to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to

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trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

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to reach a situation about which nothing can be done

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to join forces; to cooperate

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number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

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cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

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resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

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diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection

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horse's legs; stage actor who plays the role of a horse's legs

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to stop (plug) one's ears

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to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

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dark night; moonless night

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whereunder; thereunder

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small, crow-billed tengu

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black dragon

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arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

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spring of sweet water

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Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix

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fertile, productive field

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you (plural)

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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right side; right-hand side

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acquaintance

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joint struggle; common (united) front

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comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

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originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

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good-natured

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fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

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it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

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to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

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cawing (of a crow)

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conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially

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