Vocabulary

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

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to get on a horse; to mount a horse

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of noble birth; wellborn

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to preserve in salt

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to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over

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to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to defeat

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to get benefit from; to profit from; to gain benefit

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ripe fruit; mellow fruit

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to be gossiped about

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to be gossiped about

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to spread rumors; to spread rumours

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in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes

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freight included (prepaid)

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to trust to luck

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to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven

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to break the brunt

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to stop at a (train) station

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to squeeze the juice (from)

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to divine

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to prune a tree

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to straighten a branch

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to trim a tree; to prune a tree's branches

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to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude

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distantly related

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have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

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to mount the platform

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to arrange a marriage

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lead of a pencil

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to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle

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to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

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to form a circle

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to give a dinner party; to hold a banquet

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to give (a person) first-aid; to administer first aid

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Ōnin War (1467-1477)

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to enthrone a king

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to checkmate the king

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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to do something useless; to gild the lily; to gild refined gold; to build a roof atop the roof

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angry face (countenance)

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by conjecture (deduction)

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