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pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them

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Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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Fusae

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godchild

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moot court; mock trial

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trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)

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compliments; civilities; hospitality; special treatment; bill (at a restaurant); check

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telephone threat (e.g. of a bomb)

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Ryouko

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to ponder; to contemplate

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Okano

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private high school

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informer; informant; betrayer; snitch

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to work hard at one's lessons

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end of term; end of semester

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point at issue

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broadcast(ing) satellite; BS; satellite television

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letter of consent; letter of intent; agreement document

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medical certificate

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hurt; injured

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social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

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untouched; unused; intact

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to be answerable (for); to take the blame

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pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia

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shape up!; act properly!

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guess; speculation; supposition

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noisy voices

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to label (someone as)

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notification sound

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corporal punishment

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slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse

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witch hunt

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plan; protocol; manifest; program

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to avenge oneself

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next year; next fiscal year

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to hold the key (to)

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sutra chanting

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to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

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murder

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oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata

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other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition

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just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

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can never be able to

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to grieve over; to mourn; to lament

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detached; aloof; indifferent

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conditionally; with conditions attached

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investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)

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term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals

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going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

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to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

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