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learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

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to sharpen one's claws

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to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

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mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

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detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark

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to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

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whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

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to become better; to improve

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to use (in cooking); to mix (in)

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to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

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whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

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I; we

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ability; faculty

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boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

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(one's) life

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not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

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easy; simple; plain

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occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

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wish; dream; prayer; one's desire

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most of all; extremely; supremely

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fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune

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to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo)

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physical ability

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waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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condition; situation; prospects

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to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

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to be satisfied

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even

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to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

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open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

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though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

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complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow

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at any cost; at any price; at any expense

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harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

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methodology

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to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

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to breathe

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speedy

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scramble (for)

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to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

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to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

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wavelike; in waves; undulation

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shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)

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first half

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opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

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