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machine

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secret weapon

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solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

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amusement; fun; brief entertainment

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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coating

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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to compete with; to vie for

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public confidence; popular support

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show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

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uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

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Santa Claus

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delivery

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phantom; vision; illusion

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delivery person

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post office

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position

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grudge; malice; intention; disposition; obstinacy; reason

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to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

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beautiful man and woman; handsome couple

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outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

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objective point of view

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plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

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craving for the limelight

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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return of spring; rejuvenation

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discouraged; dispirited; despondent

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ten years; decade

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to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

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liking; taste; choice

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good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season

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to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

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once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)

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Far East

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proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

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it is no use crying over spilt milk

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

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twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

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to be overcome with emotion

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(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

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1,000,000; one million; million; many

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check; restraint; oppression; suppression

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doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

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to respect

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