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for peace of mind

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indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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(in) my own way

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to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

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to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind

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bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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older sister and younger brother

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spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

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unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

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in one's lifetime; (while) in life

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projection

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to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

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biological older brother

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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negative emotions; negative feelings

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to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

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performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

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to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance

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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

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first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

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to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

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relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening

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cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

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in accordance with one's request

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weeping; lamenting

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having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

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to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with

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according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation

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as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP

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being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

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to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

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what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

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to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

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pale; pallid

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to assist; to help out

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troubles both at home and abroad

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losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

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wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric

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decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

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quickly; smoothly

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he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

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to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

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melon; gourd

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to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

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to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

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