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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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military commander

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male homosexuality; pederasty

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ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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Greek (person)

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truth

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to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

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obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper

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I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

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root; source; origin; cause

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to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

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to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

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just managing; with great difficulty

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to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

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life; living; I; me; student

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to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

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paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

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to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

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disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

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camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

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striking; remarkable; considerable

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of

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consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

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to pinch; to nip

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cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

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to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

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to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

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worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

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dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum

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evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

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careful observation; close attention

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chopping board; cutting board

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

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to sign a contract

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doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious

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to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

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to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

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in large drops

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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flight; desertion; escape

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extensive knowledge; erudition

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secret art; the mysteries

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female private parts; female genitals

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different thing; another question; different case

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ecstasy; highest heaven

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(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep

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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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control

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