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fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

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with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

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numerical; quantitative

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horizon (related to land)

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dark blue

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having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

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while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives

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to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

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prevention; check

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to limp; to drag one's feet

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to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

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to shoot dead (with an arrow)

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point of intersection

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to be compatible (with); to be in harmony; to coexist

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humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

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universal love (regardless of race, borders, religion, etc.); universal benevolence

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to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

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snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

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greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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midwife

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saving (e.g. energy); cutting down on (e.g. alcohol); save; save

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to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

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with a collapse; with a slump

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no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever

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to be injured; to sustain a wound

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front line; forefront

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something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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you could say that; that might be so

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assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise

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indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless

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preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery

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offering a full report to a superior

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to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

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ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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favorable review; favourable review

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evildoers being rampant and roaming at will

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not worth considering; out of the question

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account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream

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some; small amount of

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conscience

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long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

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cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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eardrum; tympanic membrane

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on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

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to fly around; to scatter

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to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

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