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to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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mother; mom; mum; wife

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as a child; when one was a child

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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relatively; comparatively

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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how old?; what age?

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greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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young; juvenile

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downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo

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even now; still; as yet

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to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

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second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student

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unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember

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braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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to have a drink; to have a few drinks

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evening; dusk

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I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

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second floor; upstairs

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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blessing; grace

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a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

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features of the face

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to be photographed; to be projected

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pupil in ... year; student in ... year

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to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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now that; since; so long as; because

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging

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resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

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