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eight delicacies

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

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certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance

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whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating

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generic drug

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pirate king

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other people; others

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epiglottis

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aunt; middle-aged lady

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wave; ups and downs

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jewelry; jewellery

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selling price

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tomato juice

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tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

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windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable

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high Buddhist priest

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look of death; shadow of death

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor

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emergency case

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ultimate goal

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my husband; one's family; family member

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soap bubble

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hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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20 percent

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unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

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New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world

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gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)

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drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

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(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by

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generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures

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to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

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tacit understanding; unspoken agreement

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striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

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gold

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separate case; another matter

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Ferris wheel

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second; number two; runner-up

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connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence

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to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

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to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

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mallee (var. of eucalyptus)

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100,000,000; one hundred million

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act of mercy; helping another person

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assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

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worst; worst-case (scenario)

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