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victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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sum total; total amount

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the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

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(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

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opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

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here; with this

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to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

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

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

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to cut off; to lop off; to prune

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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pattern; design

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

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one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

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evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

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pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

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to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on

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time limit

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

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to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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how many; how old

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without

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

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even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

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unluckily

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dependence; reliance

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fist

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to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

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strategy meeting; council of war

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principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

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various

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plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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cheek (of face)

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to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

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reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation

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to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

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opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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