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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

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paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

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back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means

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more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

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city road; municipal road

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meaning; connotation; denotation

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handsome man; actor in a love scene

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what on Earth is this?

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schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram

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simplification

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to reread; to read again

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end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate

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going to the hospital for regular treatment

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to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed

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first; new

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(yet) again

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to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about

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for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

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to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

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to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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main faction

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clique; faction

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vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

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moderate faction; moderates

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reformist group

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compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

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visualization; visualisation

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the other group

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taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)

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outward; superficial; external; apparent

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to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

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stress-induced; stress-related

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lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity

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cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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purity (of a substance)

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heat source

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hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone

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day on which the temperature fails to reach 0 degrees Centigrade

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one scene (e.g. in a movie)

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visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings

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to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

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to rampage; to run riot

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learning function

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drift

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rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable

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entrance hall

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to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit

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