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out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

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middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield

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one's world view; one's view of life; essay on life

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to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

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just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

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inexperienced

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teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

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bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment

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(arch.) word; waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)

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proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

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to hang; to hang up

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)

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indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless

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not care; not caring

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to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress

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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

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to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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empress; queen

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elbow

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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dealing with; coping with

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provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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at the last moment; this late in the game

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blue and white; paleness; pallidness

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argument based on emotion; sentimental argument

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ashamed

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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candlestick; candlestand

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

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to run through; to run past

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with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

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to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

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towering; astonishingly high

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innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

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wounded person; casualty; injured person

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illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana

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slave traffic; slave dealer

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to sell over to

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means; way; measure

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