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to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

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to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

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to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

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sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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to take back; to recapture

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new moon; crescent moon

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explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

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mum; mom

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as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

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perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

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they

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reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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thumb wrestling

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to anticipate; to foresee

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railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason

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carrying

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double effort

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short-term

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quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

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returning home

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good evening

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slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

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feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation

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small bird; little bird

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time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

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ticket machine; ticket-vending machine

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ticket

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examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier

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to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

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to quicken one's pace (steps)

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

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to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

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announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

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gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

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face-to-face

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seat

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distant; cold; formal

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to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

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excursion; outing; trip

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

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running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

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to get distracted; to jump off the track

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recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

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hollow; cavity; hole; cave

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