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economic strength

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mother

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madness; insanity

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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time; season; period; phase; stage

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enrolling at a cram school

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applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

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jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)

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be; is

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

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one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

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person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

2

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

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mammonism

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monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

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was; were

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place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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school of one's (first, second) choice

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all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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winner; victor

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to become; to amount to

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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

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class

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being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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school

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imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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indicates question

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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then; well; so; be; is

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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in that way; thus; so; so?

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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