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gasping

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both sides

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

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thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning

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to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

2

corpulence; fatness; obesity

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

1

to shake off

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to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

1

self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

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rush; charge

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

to stagger; to stumble

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hurt; injured

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to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

1

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

2

to be impressed; to greatly admire

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

1

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

second half; latter half

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

1

it seems that; as if

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small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

1

rule of thumb

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to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

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to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

evening sun; setting sun

2

being dotted with; being scattered

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to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

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to be sweaty

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a few years ago; some years back

2

to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation

1

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

1

to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled

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solution; solution strategy

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choices; alternatives; options

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to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

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smile

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to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

2

to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)

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sphere; globe; orb

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very short and stout; small but quite wide around

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