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to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side

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besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

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inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe

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to make an appearance; to show up

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awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

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to make eye contact

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unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

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collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

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cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl

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commander; commanding officer; CO

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simultaneous; all at once

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ray (of light); beam; light

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creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

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loud; sonorous; ringing

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enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board

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to spring at; to leap upon

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purple lightning; flash; swordflash

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to thrust down; to push off

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sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling; subsidence (e.g. of land); sinking; submerging

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pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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electric power

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

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vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)

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spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

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water vapour; water vapor; steam

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column of water; water column

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to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up

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to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

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nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ

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one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable

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cheer; shout of joy

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to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

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spectacle; striking display; spectacular (scene, film, etc.); extravaganza; big-budget production

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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

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bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

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to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

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to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

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to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck

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scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

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to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

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other side; opposite side; other party

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damage; breakage

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(power of) resistance

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