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mudslinging contest; mudslinging match

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to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle

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how to use; method for using; way of using

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

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the same rank; equality; apposition

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riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties

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moving; changing residence; change of address

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eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

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wet nurse; nursing mother

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weighting (in averaging); aggravation

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racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious

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to pretend

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and so; therefore; for that reason

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waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited

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dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

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loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

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bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

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disadvantageous; long (odds)

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

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a short time ago; a while ago; for some time

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to talk; to carry meaning

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in all directions

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to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

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rake; fork; bamboo rake

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forceps

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to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air

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to dodge; to evade

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unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

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change of course

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method of manipulating; management method; puppeteering

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notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged

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descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

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unexpectedly; surprisingly

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while passing each other

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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to begin to cry

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drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion

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you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)

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slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

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even

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accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

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uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous

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being alive

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to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

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one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon

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some; small amount of

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes

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carefree; free from worry

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