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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)

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half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

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easy listening music

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fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

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change; transition; vicissitudes

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advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)

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rear guard

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

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(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

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Burt Bacharach

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San José (Costa Rica)

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to; towards; for

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staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

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to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

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empty box

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to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

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to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

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regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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to explain adequately; to be accountable

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that is; namely; i.e.

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such; like that; in that way

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dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

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having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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do this, do that; dos and don'ts

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return; welcome home

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I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

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severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

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to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

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body

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

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laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker

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electrical appliance

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to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

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some; several; many; how many; how much; very

2

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

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overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

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bankruptcy; insolvency

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