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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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commerce; trade; business

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

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reader

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to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)

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renewal; update; innovation; improvement

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web

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writing (e.g. as a profession)

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upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

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to write a novel

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to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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reading (books)

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)

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profile

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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return; coming back

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to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long

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dozens; scores of; decades

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good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

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to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is

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wicked; evil

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to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

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act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

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clear; precise; definite; distinct

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sense of responsibility

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to make a speech; to address

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it seems that; as if

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to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia

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(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

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going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

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corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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to become clear; to be made public

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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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to listen again; to ask again

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to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

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