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Fletcher

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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(former) Imperial Japanese Navy

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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time; hour; period; class

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covering; protection; backing; relief

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suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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sentence; verdict; pronouncement

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three days

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position; location; base; point; site

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securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

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reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

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duty; function; office; mission; task

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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that; those; the

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scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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Guadalcanal Island

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usurpation; taking back; dispossession

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expansion; swelling; increase; growth

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

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Rubicon river; Rubicon

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beginning; outset; first; onset

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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glory

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

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what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

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after; later

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

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cruiser

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ally (of another nation)

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Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War

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three years

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man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

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reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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Kuroshima

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