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to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability

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wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

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the late emperor; preceding emperor

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relative

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Son of God; child of an emperor

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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country town; rural town

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imperial family; royalty

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early post war period; immediately after the war

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vacant post; vacancy; post in name only

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obscurantist policy; keep-the-people-ignorant policy

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style; form; pattern

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

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agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms

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yes-man

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mental; psychological; physical

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bewitching; alluring; enchanting; demonic; devilish; fiendish

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to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over

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pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting

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celebratory banquet; feast

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tone; manner of speaking

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dull sound; muffled sound

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to get; to be given

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to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)

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unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

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fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close

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rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime

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importance; seriousness

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looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator

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boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly

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beach; foreshore

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lifeboat; rescue ship

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atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)

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vomit; spew; confessing; extremely; really

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refined; admirable; superb

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cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar

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appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

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firing pin

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hexagon

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dragon dance (in Chinese culture)

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hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)

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overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object

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epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade

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stranger; outsider

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cool breeze; refreshing breeze

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to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

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keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!

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to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

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to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)

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to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down

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