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The Raft of the Medusa

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USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

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to hear a rumor; to get wind of

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accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

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hint; suggestion

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to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

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prehistory

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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promiscuity; promiscuous sexual relations; communal marriage; mixed marriage; interracial marriage; miscegenation

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scholar

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history

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convention; tired tradition; old custom

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compelling; using duress

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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prejudice; bias; distorted view

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extreme; extremity

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exception

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hesitation; indecision; vacillation

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look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

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

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

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to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold

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group; mass

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to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

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to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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Earth; the globe

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

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Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

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Amitabha

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(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money

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upper side (go, chess, othello board)

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(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

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to turn up (one's face)

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to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

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Taiwan

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to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

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autogyro (rotorcraft)

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pistol; handgun; revolver

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to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite

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movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

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snoring; snore

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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flute; fife; pipe; whistle

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to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

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kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

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