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

1

notice; attention; observation

2

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

1

breast; breaststroke; brainstorming

1

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

5

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

who the heck; just who

2

yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

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tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge

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waitress

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stage play

3

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

4

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

2

fortune-telling; divination

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prediction; prophecy; prognostication

2

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

2

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

1

theatre-going; theater-going

1

with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily

1

clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record

2

screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie

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meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

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late at night

1

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

1

always; usually

1

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

1

(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama

1

last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

2

distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

1

half-baked; dim-witted; meatheaded

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and; thereupon; because of that

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credit

1

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

2

film studies; cinema studies

2

film studies; cinema studies

2

independence; autonomy; self-reliance

1

manufacture; production

2

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

21

having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep

1

international phone call

1

crank call; prank call; nuisance call

1

movie director; film director

1

producer (film, TV, etc.)

3

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

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script; screenplay; scenario

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