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ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

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production (e.g. play); direction

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big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

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inlet; bay; inland sea

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storyboard

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charming; fascinating; attractive

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removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone

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to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated

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National Rifle Association of America; NRA

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

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way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

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indicates emphasis

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recompense; indemnity; atonement

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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connection; pull

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limit; restriction

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goods; promotional items

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to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

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deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

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limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

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to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

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bodyguard

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celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy

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don't worry about it; forget about it

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not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

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words of praise; eulogy; compliment

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to speak ill of; to disparage

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childish; child-like; immature; infantile

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(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

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writer

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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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novelist

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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privilege; special right

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in low spirits; dejected; sad

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

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fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

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manner; style

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world; society; people; the public

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seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

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zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

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again

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afterword; postscript

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concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design

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