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combined living-room and dining-room

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alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically

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don't worry; no worries; never mind

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bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

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tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite

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freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

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detailed explanation

1

to care for someone; to look after someone

1

idea

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splendidly; brilliantly

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good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news

4

to comb down; to smooth down

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amplitude; degree of vibration; range of vibration; degree of instability

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to pause; to have a short intermission

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civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

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suppression; subjugation

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a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)

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clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

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idleness; inactivity

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prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

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prime of life

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to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

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to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled

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dark brown; olive brown

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flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery

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to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

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to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

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idealism

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role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

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priority matter

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to wish to go well; to have good intentions

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hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

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to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable

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to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

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pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone

1

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

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unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet

2

traitor (to one's country); quisling

1

official announcement; proclamation

3

torture

2

spy; secret agent

7

inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

1

to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information

1

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

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brute; savage; fiend

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to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

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halting (speech); faltering; stammering

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to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

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