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(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

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thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

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swimming club

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contrastive

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considerably; fairly; quite

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one's own style; self-taught manner

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stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

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perfection; flawlessness

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(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

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warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises

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the other day; a few days ago

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growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

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originally; by nature; from the start

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notice; attention; observation

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conversion; shift; about-face; switch

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leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

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remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful

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to be the case that

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practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout

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goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

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to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

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regret; repentance

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preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

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attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

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thank you very much

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loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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cleavage (between breasts)

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to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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desert

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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such; like that; that sort of; very

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fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

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to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind

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excuse; explanation

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one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

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to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

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ahead; before; ago

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adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

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to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

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person who is ...; thing that is ...

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surprise

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