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contract; compact; agreement

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to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

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younger brother

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other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

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travel agent; travel agency

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entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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vacant or unoccupied room

3

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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desperately; for one's dear life

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bottom; buttocks

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to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

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wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

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amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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tonight; this evening

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second; number two; runner-up

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one's home; one's house

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tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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left ear

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above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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brain; brains; mind

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blood vessel; vein

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to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

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bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

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the arachnoid (membrane)

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand

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five o'clock

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

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guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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and; thereupon; because of that

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temporary

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travel agent

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lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information

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to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

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summer

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season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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to write in

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so much; so; like that

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