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persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story

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troubled face; worried expression

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China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

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beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable

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good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

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sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

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puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

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diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

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room for argument

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

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(only) one option; one possible choice

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settlement; solution; resolution

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suggestion; hint; implication

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omen

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity

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religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

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grimace; sullen face

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to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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should do; ought to do

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protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support

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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

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to become better; to improve

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conclusion; decision; end; settlement

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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short time

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identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

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individual; specimen

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camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

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protective wall; bulwark

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to the last; persistency; thoroughness

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited

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way; method; means

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key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

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basis; foundation; grounds; authority

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Atsugi base

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simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping

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knowledge; information

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speaker

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to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

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bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance

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one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

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distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

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