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jest; joke; funny story

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tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

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offensive ability

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lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

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if I (we, etc.) could

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in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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so much; so; like that

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lightly; nimbly

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

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accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)

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anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

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restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

3

(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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even though; despite; when

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

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at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

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to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

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guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

3

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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valid; effective; yuko (judo)

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simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

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precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

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low-level

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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short distance

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danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal

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shock; impact; crash

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

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arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

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opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

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crouched burial

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rather; sooner; preferably

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to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

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death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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