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front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

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wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

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onlooker; bystander

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(social) position; status

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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palm (of one's hand)

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ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

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one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

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popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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to soothe; to calm; to pacify

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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generally

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

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gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

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to stamp one's feet

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small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

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to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

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soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

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tiled; covered with ceramic tiles

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

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to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

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miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

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dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

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by force

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

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weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

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Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

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to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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tidying up; finishing

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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to detain; to check; to restrain

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passing each other

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empty-handed

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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