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shooting down (aircraft)

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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to return; to come back

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affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

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at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

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to escape; to run away

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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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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to win; to gain victory

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to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

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belligerent; warlike

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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to finish; to graduate

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pilot

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selection; choice; picking out

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departure; takeoff

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second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign

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reentry

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turn

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

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arrival

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reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

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loading; charging; filling

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

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(one's) current position; current location; present position

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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

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distance in a straight line

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empty lot; vacant plot of land

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sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

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to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

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mobility

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immediately; right away; on the spot

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lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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preservation; retainment; keeping

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loss

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to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

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lottery; lot; raffle; draw

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to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly

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reopening; resumption; restarting

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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small quantity; little; little while; short distance

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