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mixed race; mixed parentage

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modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date

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half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)

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child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child

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distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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many times

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votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

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pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

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(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last

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astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering

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revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

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to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

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iron sand; magnetite sand

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common; ordinary; conventional; customary

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wink

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eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

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mysterious; mystical

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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judgement; judgment; connoisseur

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which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

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front row

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complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation

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setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew

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to expel; to drive out

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threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

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(another's) child; child; kid

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grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

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in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

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rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

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show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business

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support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

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exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

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grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching

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gazing at (in wonderment)

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to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

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foolish question; stupid question; one's question

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everyday occurrence

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the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; the whole wide world

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to turn against; to become an enemy

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forevermore; for eternity

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policy

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to rescue; to free

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to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

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to become frayed; to become loose

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wrinkle; crease; ripple

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remorse; repentance

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wicked ones; bad guys; rascals

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to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

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himself; he himself

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