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close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

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last year

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increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)

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out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

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seven

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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point at issue

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door (Western-style, car, etc.)

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in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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face

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condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on

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to feel inferior; to feel small

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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oh, yes?; really?

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retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

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however

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

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long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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a bit more; a bit longer

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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control; management (e.g. of a business)

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command; direction

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Satoube

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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new; unused; new

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well

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say; well; um; er

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cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

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hot-blooded man

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fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

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foot

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door; gate; opening; title page

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to close; to shut

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