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valuable article; valuables

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bad habit; bad habits

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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fragmentary

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to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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leather jacket

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gas station; petrol station

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to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

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centerline (line that bisects a plane figure); centreline; (court) centerline; half court; centerline (road); center line

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head-on collision

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radio programme; radio program

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under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

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crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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to offer for sale; to put on the market

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to ask; to enquire; to query

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a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

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to dirty one's hands

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seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion

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draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print

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one drop (of fluid)

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rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

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to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

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children's (TV) show; children's program

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tail (animal); tail end; tip

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body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

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fox terrier

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silence; stillness; quietness

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order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)

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light; lamp; counter for electric lights

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to visit (someone) in hospital

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bicycle parking

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terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is

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

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time of the crime

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to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

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policewoman

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brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

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buyer

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prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

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selling price

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sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

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to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

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edge of the eaves; house frontage

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to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

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speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

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everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything

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unlikely; improbable

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lawyer; attorney

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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