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sleeping face

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strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

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to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

4

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

2

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

2

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

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natural span of life; 250 years old

2

south

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

2

ice and snow

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ancient times

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east

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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Qum (Iran)

1

any number of people

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

1

beast; brute; animal

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way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

men and women of all ages

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not until now; never yet

1

as one of

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Agrippa

2

famous; well-known; renowned; your name

1

many thousands

3

hundreds

2

life span

2

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

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I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

2

rather than (do ...)

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

2

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

why; how

3

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

3

hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

1

anguish

1

hell

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

2

your younger brother

6

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

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(not) even for a moment

2

other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

2

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

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middle of the night; dead of night

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