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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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to choose; to select

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these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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hero

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

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indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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very; extremely; that is

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jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

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beginning; outset; first; onset

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death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

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something like ...; something called ...

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stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

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should; must; -able; probably; likely

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

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rigor mortis

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around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

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case; situation

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dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

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to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

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style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

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compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

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to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead

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law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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that's the way it is; such is life

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to be worth it; to pay

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transactions; dealings; business

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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consequence; outcome; result; blame

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to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

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