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dreams; fantasy; visions

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kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; (lit.) if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish

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speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

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doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

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new land; new world; new sphere of activity

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hiding place; refuge

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land route; overland route; by land; overland

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mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court

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misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

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to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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applicant; candidate; volunteer

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to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

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advance payment; money paid in advance

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efficiency

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conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable

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brothel

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to use up; to squander

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staying the night; lodging (at)

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daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments

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large quantities of alcohol; heavy drinking; heavy drinker

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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backdoor; back door

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to have a discussion

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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moustache; mustache

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upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

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high-quality goods; choice goods

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haori (Japanese formal coat)

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to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

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quick change (of costume); quick transformation; turning suddenly into; (sudden) metamorphosis

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bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor

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to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit

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man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person

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impertinent; impudent; cheeky

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to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out

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to share

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little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour

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domestic duck

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to be kind to; to treat kindly

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top secret

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peek; peeping; peeking

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to catch

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to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest

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branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream

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to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

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(find) common (meeting) ground

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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