Vocabulary

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to wait for an opportune moment; to bide one's time; to see one's chance

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to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

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it's now or never; now is the only chance

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to live freely in the wilderness; to sleep on a pillow of stone and rinse one's mouth with river water

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great wealth; very wealthy person

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to behead; to decapitate

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to take an interest in; to become interested in

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appearance or demeanor that attracts unsavory males

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri

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better than nothing; better than none at all

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the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; good medicine tastes bitter

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mountain hut; mountain lodge

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to interfere; to hinder; to obstruct

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to have something amiss

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to take a chance; to gamble

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what is happening?

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to exhaust all possible means; to come to the end of one's resources; to reach the end of one's tether; to be at one's wits' end; to play one's last card

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to make (someone) wait; to take more time (than anticipated)

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to self-advertise; to boast; to dwell at length (on merits)

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person suspected of multiple wrongdoings

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to self-advertise; to boast; to dwell at length (on merits)

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to have foreign roots (through citizenship, ancestry, etc.); to have foreign ancestry

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person suspected of multiple wrongdoings

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thank you; thanks

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pay it forward (repaying a good deed by doing good for others); paying it forward

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thanks for streaming

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bread and circuses

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confirmation required

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either; whichever

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(surviving until the present day) through time

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only once; just once

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manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (meeting) Buddha in hell

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treasured child

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children grow up watching their parents

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children are a reflection of their parents

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children are a reflection of their parents

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children are oblivious to the cold; children are children of the wind

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one's debt to one's parents is best repaid by giving them grandchildren

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even siblings turn into strangers

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