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to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

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town girl; girl raised in a town

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military police

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gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by

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thumbnail

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to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

1

hydrogen sulphide; hydrogen sulfide; sulphuretted hydrogen; sulfuretted hydrogen

2

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

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professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat

2

or; otherwise

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blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

1

professional killer; hit man

3

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

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

5

at least

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card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program

4

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

1

darkness; the dark

1

limestone cave; limestone cavern

1

continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption

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clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

2

seepage

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groundwater; underground water

1

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

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showing no sign (of)

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to burn; to get fired up

8

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

1

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

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to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

2

to grow numb with cold

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(air) temperature

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outside world; physical world

1

fresh verdure; new green leaves

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particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

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with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

2

to get wet

3

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

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iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

2

in name only; titular; nominal

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to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

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beast; brute; animal

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wax

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only; nothing but

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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stool

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desk

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