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forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.); adoption

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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playing in the water (sea, lake, river, etc.); playing with water

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network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

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to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling

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to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)

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to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in

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older brother

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to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

2

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

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trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

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political science

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to imagine; to envisage

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to descend a river

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to grow taller (of people)

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(divine) revelation

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not yet known; unknown; strange

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temper; disposition

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bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)

1

fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

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to defeat

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to be able to conceal

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to take command; to give direction

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to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body

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mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

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to take (adopt) measures

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to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

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harmless

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to jostle; to crowd; to haggle

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to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

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to set on fire; to ignite

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piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

1

reddish-black; iron blue; greenish-black; steel gray

1

lightly; easily; carelessly

3

to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

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foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

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without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

2

swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is

1

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

1

emotional wall; internal barrier

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Pope

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in person; personally; directly

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rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

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to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

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speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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Charites (sister goddesses of charm and beauty); Graces; (arch.) chalice (for Holy Communion)

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