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lifework; life's work

1

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

1

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

2

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

to be crowded

1

to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting

1

first of all; first thing

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly

1

Chinese dish with fried egg and crab

1

thought to be; seen as

1

toughened glass; tempered glass

1

subconsciousness; the subconscious

4

to change (buses, boats, etc.); to transfer (to); to possess (of a god, spirit, etc.)

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state of emergency; emergency; crisis

1

stabbing (repeatedly); piercing; (words) cutting to the heart; striking home; loose; sloppy

1

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

2

sinful; wicked; immoral

1

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

1

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

1

insecticide; pesticide

1

to take away; to carry off

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order

1

emotionally uplifting; stirring

1

Andy Hug

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two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth

1

chain; series; connection; linkage

1

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

contrivance; invention

1

shock therapy; shock treatment

1

large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)

1

loss of memory; amnesia

3

beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)

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cat café; themed café where patrons can pet cats

13

to suspect; to sense

1

cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats

1

catchphrase; promotional line; slogan

1

manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry

1

minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person

1

hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers

1

(male) waiter; bellboy

2

red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing

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exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment

1

cutie; sweetie

1

ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power

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leopard (Panthera pardus)

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jaguar (Panthera onca)

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café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

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