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Sei Shōnagon (author and poet of the middle Heian period)

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toy box; toy chest

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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

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construction; establishment

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Parthenon

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temple; shrine; sanctuary

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one house

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nineteen; 19

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

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east coast

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general; popular; common; typical

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Georgia (country); Georgia (US state)

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wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

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knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

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reply; answer; response

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noise; sound

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everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

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to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

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Haward; Howard; Howerd

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Philips; Phillips

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Lovecraft; Lovecraft, H. P. (1890.8.20-1937.3.15; American horror writer)

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promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

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long and narrow

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business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

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important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

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to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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to give; to do ...

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reluctantly; unwillingly

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to sit (down)

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is that so?

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year of a person's death; one's age at death

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937 novel by J.R.R. Tolkien)

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to die; to pass away

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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we

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to acquire knowledge

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providence

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College Street

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to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

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