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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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way of thinking

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independence; self-reliance

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fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

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severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

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Kouki

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to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

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to put an end (to); to close the books (on)

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(relating to) gender; sex; sexual

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strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

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(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

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self-improvement

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to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake

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mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension

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infrastructure

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variation; variant pattern

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to guess; to estimate

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cannot possibly be

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piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

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nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

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gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale

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stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

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flight; flying; soaring

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to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded

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not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

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beautiful face; good looks; beauty

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rising; ascending; climbing

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communication skills; communication ability

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the people; the public

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desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

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integrity

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measurement

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sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship

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weak; frail; fragile

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head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

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the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked

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to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy

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stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

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saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

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believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

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longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

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puberty; adolescence

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to keep silent

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to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

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to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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first 10 days of the month

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old clothes; secondhand clothing

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to smash up; to defeat crushingly

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income; receipts; revenue

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secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

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