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to defend against, to protect against; to prevent, to avert, to avoid

Japan

to divide; to cut, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip; to break, to crack, to smash; to dilute; to fall below; to discount; to step over (a line, etc.)

nodding off (while sitting), dozing

emphasis, stress, highlighting, underlining, underscoring; accentuating (a feature or certain part), accenting; strong tone (of the market), firm tone

manners, behavior, behaviour

to keep (a pet or other animal), to have, to own, to raise, to rear, to feed

opposition, resistance, insubordination, defiance, hostility, rebellion

to let fly, to make fly, to send flying, to blow off (e.g. in the wind), to launch, to fire, to hurl, to shoot; to skip over, to leave out, to omit, to drop (e.g. a stitch), to fast-forward; to run fast, to drive fast, to gallop; to spray, to splash, to spatter; to say without reservation, to call out (e.g. a jeer), to rattle off (e.g. a joke); to spread (e.g. a rumour), to circulate, to send out (a message), to issue (e.g. an appeal); to transfer (to a less important post), to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch), to demote; to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter); to get rid of, to burn off (alcohol); to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre); to do vigorously, to do roughly, to do energetically

bundle, package, parcel; counter for wrapped objects

gist, main point

to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind

to discuss, to talk about, to deal with (a topic); to argue, to dispute; to take into consideration, to make an issue of

to get tired of, to tire of, to lose interest in, to grow weary of, to get fed up with, to get sick of, to become bored with; to become sated, to become satiated, to have one's fill

to fill, to become full (of), to be filled (with), to brim (with); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide), to flow, to come in; to expire (of a period of time), to mature, to come to an end

just (now, at the moment, etc.), just as, in the act of, as soon as, at the moment that

extent, degree, measure; limit, bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of, the status of, the condition of; about, around, approximately, or so; as much as ..., to the extent of ..., like ...; the more ... the more ...

knee; lap, knee and thigh (while sitting)

to contain, to comprise, to have, to hold, to include, to embrace; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind, to understand, to harbor (grudge, etc.), to harbour; to express (emotion, etc.), to imply

pitiful, unfortunate, poor, miserable, wretched; unpardonable, regrettable

magic (illusion), conjuring, magic trick, conjuring trick, sleight of hand