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every night

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to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

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rule

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history

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method

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recent years

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1

item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry

1

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise

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state of mind; mentality; psychology

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explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

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page

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in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

2

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

2

dragonfly; damselfly

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to fly in the sky

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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suicide by throwing oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death

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this area; around here

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

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surreal; surrealism; shul; schul

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep

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sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

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(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

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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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mask; disguise; guise; mask

2

both; (not) either

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

4

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

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(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly

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to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

2

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

3

to fear; to be afraid of

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outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery

1

one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

3

front entrance; front door

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

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to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

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psychological warfare

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valid; effective; yuko (judo)

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on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

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start

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to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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