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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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beautiful woman; (a) beauty

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sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict

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Sophie; Zoffy (from Ultra Series)

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to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

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estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

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eavesdropping; tapping

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this and that; one thing or another

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to begin

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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different school (e.g. of ikebana)

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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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to loiter around; to wander about

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newly-wed; newly married

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greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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hysteria

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prediction; estimation

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

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informal; unofficial

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the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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1,000; thousand

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mile

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dispute; conflict; trouble; strife

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distress; anguish; mental suffering

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oil pressure; hydraulics

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

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girl; lass; young thing; chick

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to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

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it seems that; as if

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reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

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murder; homicide; manslaughter

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pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

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common; ordinary; conventional; customary

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enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

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to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

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inconvenient

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to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

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to understand; to make out

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