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the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

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selfish

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how many months?; how long?

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beautiful maiden; beauty

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stabbing to death; putting out

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counselor; counsellor

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fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

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living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

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to leave the company

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passing (along the way)

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to clap

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Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack

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to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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to tell a lie; to fib

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instant

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love affair

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self-consciousness

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private affairs; personal matter

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holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

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answering machine; answerphone

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leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

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fixed date; appointed day

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tall tree

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to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

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fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

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to appear on the stage

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gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables

2

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

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spotlight

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money; funds

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cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate

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to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

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poor health; ill health; unhealthy

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dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs

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to sniffle; to snivel

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early; quickly; promptly

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sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio

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trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

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joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

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coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

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small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master

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bluff; false show of power; bold front

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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troupe; theatrical company

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malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp

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commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

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starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

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physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses

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dilute; rare

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