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can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer

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rare

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to have one's ability acknowledged by others; to be appreciated for one's skill

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sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game

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borrowed thing

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ornament; decoration

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madness; craziness; insanity

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downtown

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to beat someone by ganging up on them

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Takeshi

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geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

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fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

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one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity

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to be itching to put one's skills to use

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fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

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dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

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special promotion (in rank or grade)

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warming up; limbering up

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

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don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry

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paper cup

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used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery

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to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

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to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind

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deception; deceit

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disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

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provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

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unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead

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following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

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ability; performance; efficiency

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skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity

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part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly

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territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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actual work

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secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

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to operate; to clean up; to inquire (into); to take drastic measures

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outside one's field; out of one's line; (sibling) from a different mother

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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to catch

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seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition

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(political) purge

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to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

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