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day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date

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to turn round; to face about; to turn about

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to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

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as usual; as is one's habit

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beside; nearby

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to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

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important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

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unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

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seniority by length of service

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

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insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

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opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

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present; gift; to give a present or gift

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pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

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excessive flattery; adulation

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

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menial; meanness; servility; abject

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to toady; to be obsequious

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twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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gambler; gamester

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to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance

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babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

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he; she; that guy

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what date?; what's the date?; when?

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desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

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Pandora's box

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blink (of eyes); wink

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close-up; bringing attention (to); bringing to the fore; putting under close scrutiny

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firmly; plentifully; with all one's might

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asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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to feel depressed

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secret; private; surreptitious

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on one's face; one's face; (arch.) meeting face-to-face; (arch.) seeing in person

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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to open (up) a Pandora's box

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personal circumstances; one's own convenience

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somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

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document; official papers

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home; family; household

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to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

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future years; in (one's) later years

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to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

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to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

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leap year

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twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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ghost story

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