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crossing the meridian

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both (people)

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graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

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to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

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to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

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mysterious

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to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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game; contest; bout

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

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for today; for the time being

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sure; yeah; I know

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

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General Electric; GE

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to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

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to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for

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Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)

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to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

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counter for choices, options, etc.

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to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

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Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely

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face (of person)

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great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity

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to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch

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charm

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nose

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Virtua Cop

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unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

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beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful

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firefight; gun battle; shoot-out

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sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

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what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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calm, cool, and collected; level and calm

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

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difficult to approach; inaccessible

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

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mistake; error

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timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

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