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that sort of; like that

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event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening

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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

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stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

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very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

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to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

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refreshing; clear

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to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

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to pretend

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

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to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

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loud voice

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to raise (one's voice)

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group; party; team; squad; section

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simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

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to raise overhead

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to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

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safe; certain

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line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)

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construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

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(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

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to ask; to enquire; to query

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(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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while being out of the office or away from home

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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taking the initiative

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to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

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therefore; for that reason; such being the case

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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to get dry

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

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head chef; master chef

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new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

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sampling food; tasting; trying

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epicure; gourmet

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Hervey

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reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)

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secretary (government); director; chief

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state guest

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to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)

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gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure

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you could say; you might say; verging on the

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to be uncommon

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wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

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