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new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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welcome; reception

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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suffix for familiar person

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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continuation; succession; series

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it seems that; as if

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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

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paid vacation; paid holiday

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compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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limit; bound

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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this time; now

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

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isn't that right?

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

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(sea) mine

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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we

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activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

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valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

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-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

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headband

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

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examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

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seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

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awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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form; shape; figure; visage

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to come back

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