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to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

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brains; brain tissue

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

3

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

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return to one's country

2

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

1

low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering

2

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

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just before

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kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

2

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

sand; grit

1

preliminary arrangements; spade work

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

1

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

3

basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel

7

ultimate; final; last; eventual

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

3

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

1

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

1

overall victory; championship

1

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

1

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

1

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation

1

business; trade; operations; sales

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

expression; phraseology

1

periodic check; periodic inspection; routine inspection

1

freedom; liberty

1

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

1

to think too much; to be over-concerned

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reason; pretext; motive

3

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

2

different (from); not the same (as)

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unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

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common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

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