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sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

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to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart

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manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)

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reply; response

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stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise

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whispering; murmuring; subdued

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to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

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Briton; Englishman

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expression; phraseology

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seat; sheet; spreadsheet

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softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)

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to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

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

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sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

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way of speaking; intimation

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belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence

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less prominent one of a pair; less famous member (esp. of a comedy duo or group); (the one who is) not ...; the non-... one (of a pair)

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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(imperial) reign; period

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Gregorian (calendar)

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impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)

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performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

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illumination; lighting

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not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing

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signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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neither

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to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

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expansion; swelling; increase; growth

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comical

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stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

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hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

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large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting

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like this; in this way; as you see

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

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candy; sweets

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action

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(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

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as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

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practice, practice, practice; (only) practice makes perfect

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one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

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root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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thank you

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reason; cause; history; origin

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to grasp tightly

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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early afternoon

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Australia

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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