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elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)

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pillar of fire; blazing column

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fury; power; menace

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to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

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what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

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protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

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water vapour; water vapor; steam

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abusive language

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(arch.) slow; (arch.) gradual; (arch.) steady; (arch.) calm; (arch.) composed; (arch.) relaxed

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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to slay; to cut down (a foe)

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dozens; scores of; decades

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to cut down; to chop down; to fell

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neckbones

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toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll

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

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neck (region)

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evil influence

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absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet

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appalling; awful; extreme pain; deep sorrow

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condition; situation; prospects

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cut; notch; raid; attack

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bull; ox; steer

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

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to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

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to push and push; to keep pushing to the end

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to defend oneself; to protect oneself

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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thumbnail

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having just started...

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patience; endurance

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nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement

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to push back

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entry; approach; penetration

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to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

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and then; and so; and; so then

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to climb down; to crawl down

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oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

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to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

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separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

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to squeeze out; to wring out

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eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole

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main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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to tear off; to rip off

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exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm

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to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has

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