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to laugh (suddenly); to begin to laugh; to be made to laugh

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Maverick (TV series)

5

Burnaby

6

real leather

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robotics

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shape of a tree

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Samantha

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Jake

4

to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

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legend; folklore; legend (e.g. on a map); usage guide; (living) legend; icon

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hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession

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uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)

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to sniff out; to get wind of

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ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

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Christmas tree

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tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)

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mum; mom; mummy; the missus

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affection; love; fondness; tenderness

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to grow old; to age

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how many people

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to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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electrically powered; electric

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Christmas Eve

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photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation

1

Extinct (conservation status); EX

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

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to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)

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to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

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alloy

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period of youth; while young

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toothbrush

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diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

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Chinese-style fried rice

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shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

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shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

1

to call again; to call someone back

1

lack of sleep

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to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

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Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)

3

middle-aged man; uncle

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to support each other; to support one another

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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television; TV

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inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

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record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)

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rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

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deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

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maple (tree) (Acer spp.)

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to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

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to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

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