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the reason is that ...; because

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by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

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to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

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probability; likelihood; chances

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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one ten-thousandth

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deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)

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of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

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pressure; oppression; suppression

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even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

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disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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leaving to chance; leaving to fate

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victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle

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fortune; luck; chance

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point

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shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)

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and then; after that

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

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exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

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to mix; to stir; to blend

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satisfying; pleasing; gratifying

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes

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rush mat; matting; mat

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

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actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)

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to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

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indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

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trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

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we have a result!; game over!; match!

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gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)

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to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

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