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Vaclav Havel

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dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life

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to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

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(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

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steel

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in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet

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lump of iron; iron ingot

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leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)

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soundless; mute

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single eye; one eye; single lens; simple eye; ocellus

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coating; painting

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giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

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peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation

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in the face of; in defiance of

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should do; ought to do

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bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

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desperate; hopeless

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regret; repentance; remorse

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

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Haward; Howard; Howerd

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tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

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megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer

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silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow

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to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)

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to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

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Son of God; child of an emperor

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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glove (esp. sports); globe

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tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude

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to sob; to be choked with tears

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something; what; why; how

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the Emperor's person or presence

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to notify; to advise; to inform

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cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up

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to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

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hatch

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to save; to leave over; to spare

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to lend a hand; to help

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to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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one machine; one aircraft; one life

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)

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danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)

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to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

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to run up to

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to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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