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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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Obel

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employer

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rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine

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violence; murder; crime

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discussion; argument; debate

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to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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to have a rumor circulating

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locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

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conference room; council room

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to have one's hair stand on end

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sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

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bedtime

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big problem

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nostril; nostrils; naris; nares

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to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

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to sniff; to smell

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black powder; gunpowder

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black (colour, color)

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gunpowder; powder

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making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling

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sit-in (i.e. in protest)

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musket

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incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

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to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

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director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

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to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

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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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admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

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before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

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to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

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to walk noisily; to walk loudly

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acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

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suspicion; charge

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

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and (also); both ... and; as well as

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attempted assassination

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seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

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low-wing

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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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sobriety; soberness; sober face

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