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stamp; sticker (in messaging apps); (large) emoji

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20 percent

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pull; patronage; tug; discount

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easy; simple

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economical; bargain; good value; good-value

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all goods

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half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

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splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

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characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

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hula (dance)

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ska

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unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew

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one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

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a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

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word; language; speech

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in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

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one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)

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overhead throw in judo

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professional

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ability; capability; skill

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

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to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

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we

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unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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(brand-)new article

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unopened (state); with an unbroken seal

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to send back

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upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

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proposal; offer; request; application

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to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

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casting pearls before swine

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wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (lit.) (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog

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casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat

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remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

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the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

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imagination; supposition; guess

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to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

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to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

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decision; determination; resolution

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respect; esteem; regard

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

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farewell party

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to begin purchasing; to purchase

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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