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to return; to come back

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to become; to amount to

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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settlement; solution; resolution

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

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society; public; community; social studies

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reform; reformation; reorganization

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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than; from; out of; except; but; more

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work style; way of working

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

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huh?; what's up?

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to attempt; to test; to try out

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the other day; lately; recently; during this period

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to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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mum; mom; mummy; the missus

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since; henceforth

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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greens

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pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

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to be surprised; to be astonished

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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who; what kind of person

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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society; the world; the times

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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illustration; drawing

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like; as if; the same as

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report; information

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

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

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to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

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consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

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when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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