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woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

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had better ...; had better not ...

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cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

1

to answer; to reply

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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precedent

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to point at

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abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon

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bed

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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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axe; ax; hatchet

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play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

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size

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piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

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large tree

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

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step by step; by degrees

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plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full

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to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

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bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

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to be silent; to say nothing

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curse you; boo

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

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hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting

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watermelon splitting (game)

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to hit and break open; to crush; to smash

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

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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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I; me

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direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

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shut up!; be quiet!

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rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

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