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preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

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to rescue from; to help out of; to save

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to hear of; to learn of

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indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

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bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

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pleased to make your acquaintance

2

art of war; strategy; tactics

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horizon

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yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest

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pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

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one's own style; self-taught manner

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to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of

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direct relation

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foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

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modesty; humility; being humble

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as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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action of making something; -ification

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medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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experiment

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burn; scald

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to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

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ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

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scar

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impossible to do (although wants to)

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circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

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to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

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crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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cavalry

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thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

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knowledge; information

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personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

directions; instructions; orders; command

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assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

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thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn

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field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

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real power

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to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

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actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

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to escape danger

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armchair theory; impracticable theory

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to talk (a person) down; to confute

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

hardships; privation

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sortie; sally; attack

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recovery; rescue; recapture

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popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

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