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The Joy Luck Club American Translation Flashcards

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Compel

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Force

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Chungwang chihan

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If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold (one thing is always the result of another)

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Pock mark

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Scar from smallpox or chicken pox

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Loathing

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Hatred

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Tithings

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Voluntary contributions of money

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Leprosy

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A deforming disease

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Pustules

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Blisters or pimples

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Fissures

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Cracks

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Vehemence

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Force

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Anorexic

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Dangerously thin

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Podiatrist

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Foot doctor

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Lethargy

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Weakness or lack of energy

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Gorged

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Stuffed

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Retching

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Vomiting

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Post-prandial

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After a meal

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Dredged up

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Dug up

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Sham

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Fake

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Flow with the Tao

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Live life without resisting where the path takes you

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Ethnicity

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Affiliation based in ones ancestors backgrounds, traits, or customs

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Baby boomers

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People born after World War II

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Exuberance

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Great enthusiasm

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Karma

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The positive or negative force generated by a persons actions

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Deliriously

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Wildly

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Avant-garde

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Experimental, forward thinking

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Differentiate

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Separate

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Chockablock

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Packed

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Ingenuity

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Creativity and resourcefulness

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Naive

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Unsophisticated

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Procure

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Gather

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Bougainvillea

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A kind of flower

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Prenuptial

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Before the wedding

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Regurgitated

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Spit back up

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Minimalist

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Unadorned

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Freesias

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A kind of flower

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Asymmetrical

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Not evenly balanced

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Huffed

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Said resentfully

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Disparaging

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Critical

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Skittery

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Nervous

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Shoshana

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Hebrew for “rose”

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Choszle

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It Stinks to death in there

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Pristine

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Pure

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Disemboweled

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With the insides taken apart

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Irrevocable

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Unchangeable

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Quivering

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Shaking

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Hovered

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Lingered about

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Groping

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Searching uncertainly

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Devised

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Thought of

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Intersection

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Place where two points meet

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Sonorous

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Sounding rich and full

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Apathetic

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Unconcerned, uninterested

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Puritanical

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Having strict moral and religious values

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Inviolable

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Not able to be damaged or hurt

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Innuendos

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Indirect critical comments

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Unequivocal

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Absolute

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Sullied

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Tarnished, stained

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Endearments

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Affectionate comments

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Concocted

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Created

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Belated

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Delayed

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Ferocity

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Fierceness

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Scrutinized

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Looked at carefully

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Declined

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Refused

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Amorous

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Loving

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Pathetic

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Pitiful

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Guileless

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Sincere, honest

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Acquiesced

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Gave in

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Jrdaule

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I already know this

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Sun yat-sen

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First president of the republic of China (est. 1911 after he defeat of

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Genghis khan

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Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and Eastern Europe

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Evolved

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Developed

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Taiwan

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Location of the republic of China since 1949; also called Formosa

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Stalemate

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Deadlock

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Bing

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Nickname for taiyuan

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Uncanny

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Extraordinary and unexplainable

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Beijing

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Name of a city in China

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Cremated

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Burned to ashes

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Gung-ho

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Enthusiastic

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Grimly

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Sternly

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Hulihudu

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Confused

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Heimongmong

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Dark fog

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Escargot

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Snail

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Impotent

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Not being able to engage in sex

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Macrame

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Woven rope

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Lithographs

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Paintings done by marking on a stone with ink and pressing paper against it

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Vials

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Containers

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Tide you over

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Help you get over a difficult time

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Foyer

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Entrance hall

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Obsessively

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In a pre-occupied way dominated by an idea or habit

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Perennials

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Flowers that bloom every year

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Aloe Vera

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A kind of plant

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Succulents

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Plants that store a lot of water in their leaves

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Irrational

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Unreasonable

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Despicable

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Disgusting

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In limbo

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Between two extremes

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Stammers

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Speaks with repetitions

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Garishly

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In an overdone way

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Ornate

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Heavily decorated

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Covenant

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Solemn agreement

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Fuming

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Raging

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Ruse

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Trick

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Recount

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Tell again

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Injustice

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Lack of fair and equal treatment

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Scallions

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Green onions

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Sesame oil

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An Oil used in Chinese cooking

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Hoisted

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Lifted

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Flexed

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Bent

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Smirked

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Smiled in an unpleasant way

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Grimaced

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Made a face

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Preamble

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Foreword, opening part

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Paranoid

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Distrustful and suspicious

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Flail

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Move around in jerky motions

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Gnashing

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Grinding

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Chastise

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Scold

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Nala nala

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Take it take it

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Tofu

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Soybean curd

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