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to improve one's skill

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sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis

1

justification; warrant

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outside telephone line; outer circle

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mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

flight; running away; absconding; elopement

1

personal use; private use; private business; personal business

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lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents

1

perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats

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skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky

2

open kitchen

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the end (of); powder

1

play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying

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feigned illness

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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those present; attendance

1

step; pace; stride

1

custom; practice; convention; precedent

1

school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

2

freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)

1

indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous

1

wax (for polishing)

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mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild

1

rather than

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Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan

8

mash

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Japanese style

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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assistant

2

application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

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one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

2

to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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(written) proposal

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recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

1

trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled

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to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

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spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

2

staying up all night

1

acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action

1

witch hunt

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war

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broom

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three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike)

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rift between clouds

3

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

3

losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

2

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

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Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

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